.vimrc

set ai                          " set auto-indenting on for programming
set showmatch                   " automatically show matching brackets. works like it does in bbedit.
set vb                          " turn on the "visual bell" - which is much quieter than the "audio blink"
set ruler                       " show the cursor position all the time
set laststatus=2                " make the last line where the status is two lines deep so you can see status always
set backspace=indent,eol,start  " make that backspace key work the way it should
set nocompatible                " vi compatible is LAME
set background=dark             " Use colours that work well on a dark background (Console is usually black)
set showmode                    " show the current mode
set clipboard=unnamed           " set clipboard to unnamed to access the system clipboard under windows
syntax on                       " turn syntax highlighting on by default
set paste
set wildmenu                    " Enhance command-line completion
set gdefault                    " Add the g flag to search/replace by default
set hlsearch                    " Highlight searches
set ignorecase                  " Ignore case of searches
set incsearch                   " Highlight dynamically as pattern is typed
set noerrorbells                " Disable error bells
set modeline                    " Respect modeline in files
set modelines=4
set title                       " Show the filename in the window titlebar
set tabstop=4                   " The width of a TAB is set to 4. Still it is a
                                " \t. It is just that Vim will interpret it to 
                                " be having a width of 4.
set shiftwidth=4                " Indents will have a width of 4
set softtabstop=4               " Sets the number of columns for a TAB
set expandtab                   " Expand TABs to spaces