Vim

A simple .vimrc file

Usually the following content in ~/.vimrc file is enough to tame vim to match my editing requirements.

set nocompatible " I use vim, not old vi
set autoindent "with the 
set smartindent
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set showmatch 
set guioptions-=T " no toolbar when using gui version
set vb t_vb= " no sounds please!
set ruler " show status
set incsearch "I'm impatient show partial matches when searching