My VIM configuration file

My preferred editor in unix-like systems is vi or vim. VI is everywhere and VIM is improved for scripting and coding.

Below is my VIM config file /home/dpasek/.vimrc

 syntax on  
 filetype plugin indent on  

 " Show line numbers  
 set number  

 " Show relative line numbers (optional, good for motions like 5j/5k)  
 " set relativenumber  
 " Highlight matching parentheses  
 set showmatch  

 " Enable auto-indentation  
 set smartindent  
 set autoindent  

 " Use spaces instead of tabs, and set width (adjust to taste)  
 set expandtab  
 set tabstop=4  
 set shiftwidth=4  
 set softtabstop=4  

 " Show line and column in status line  
 set ruler  

 " Show partial command in bottom line  
 set showcmd  

 " Show a vertical line at column 80 (optional)  
 set colorcolumn=80  
 
 " Disable VIM mouse handling and keep it to terminal  
 set mouse=  

 " Enable persistent undo (requires directory)  
 set undofile  
 set undodir=~/.vim/undodir  
 
 " Make backspace behave sanely  
 set backspace=indent,eol,start  
 
 " Enable searching while typing  
 set incsearch  
 set hlsearch     " Highlight all matches  
 set ignorecase    " Case insensitive search...  
 set smartcase     " ...unless capital letter used  
 
 " Status line always visible  
 set laststatus=2