My .vimrc

.vimrc

"enable syntax highlighting
syntax enable:

"set color scheme
set background=dark

"tab settings
set expandtab
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set autoindent

"show line numbers
set number

"folding settings
set foldmethod=indent
set foldnestmax=10
set nofoldenable
set foldlevel=1

"Always have at least five lines above/below insertion point
set scrolloff=5

"make status line pretty
set laststatus=2
set statusline=%F%m%r%h%w\ [TYPE=%Y\ %{&ff}]\ [%c,%l/%L\ (%p%%)]

"make backspace key work
set bs=2

"highlight trailing white space
highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=red guibg=red
match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
autocmd BufWinEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
autocmd InsertEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+\%#\@<!$/
autocmd InsertLeave * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
autocmd BufWinLeave * call clearmatches()