.vimrc

"use docx2txt.pl to allow VIm to view the text content of a .docx file directly.
autocmd BufReadPre *.docx set ro
autocmd BufReadPost *.docx %!docx2txt.pl
set number
" size of a hard tabstop
set tabstop=4
" size of an "indent"
set shiftwidth=4
" a combination of spaces and tabs are used to simulate tab stops at a width other than the (hard)tabstop
set softtabstop=4
" make "tab" insert indents instead of tabs at the beginning of a line
set smarttab
" always uses spaces instead of tab characters
set expandtab