.vimrc

" Necesary  for lots of cool vim things
set nocompatible

" Syntax highlighting
syntax on

" Improve indents
set smartindent
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab
set smarttab

" This shows what you are typing as a command.
set showcmd

" Cool tab completion stuff
set wildmenu
set wildmode=list:longest,full

" Enable mouse support in console
set mouse=a

" Show line numbers
set number
highlight LineNr ctermfg=Grey

" Incremental searching is sexy
set incsearch

" Set off the other paren
highlight MatchParen ctermbg=4
" }}}

" Turn off annoying error bells
set noerrorbells
set visualbell
set t_vb=

" Enable 256-bit color mode
set t_Co=256
let g:rehash256 = 1

" Molokai theme settings
colors molokai
set background=dark

" Map ctrl-j to switch pane
map <C-j> <C-w><C-w>

color_config.sh

# WARNING: untested
# configure 256 colors for bash and screen
# bash may work by itself w/o this, but screen appears to need mods
# to .bashrc and .screenrc to display 256 colors correctly

~/.bashrc >> echo "export TERM=xterm-256color"
~/.screenrc >> echo 'term "screen-256color"'
~/.screenrc >> echo 'attrcolor b ".I" # use bright colors for bold'