This changes quite often as I am constantly learning new tricks.
set nocompatible
set ignorecase
set smartcase
set hidden
set incsearch
set tabstop=3
set expandtab
set shiftwidth=3
set ruler
nnoremap <C-n> :bn<CR>
nnoremap <C-p> :bp<CR>
” check perl code with :make
autocmd FileType perl set makeprg=perl\ -c\ %\ $*
autocmd FileType perl set errorformat=%f:%l:%m
autocmd FileType perl set autowrite
” check perl code with :make
autocmd FileType perl set makeprg=perl\ -c\ %\ $*
autocmd FileType perl set errorformat=%f:%l:%m
autocmd FileType perl set autowrite
autocmd FileType perl set autowrite
A bunch of enhancements are only available in vim mode. You can turn off vi compatibility by doing:
set nocompatible
As as example, I usually enable the ruler for the bottom of the screen:
set ruler
Thanks Justin!
“This option has the effect of making Vim either more Vi-compatible, or make Vim behave in a more useful way.” – The Vim documentation
Nuff said. However, if you are going to do this (I did) you should also read this from the same docs, “CAREFUL: Setting or resetting this option can have a lot of unexpected effects: Mappings are interpreted in another way, undo behaves differently, etc. If you set this option in your vimrc file, you should probably put it at the very start.”
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