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diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index e0ba2ef..b48496e 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -1,28 +1,55 @@
 " Don't imitate vi.
 set nocompatible
 
-" Show line numbers.
-set number
-set numberwidth=4
+" Make tab-completion work more like bash.
+set wildmenu
+set wildmode=list:full
 
-" Scroll five lines ahead of cursor.
-set scrolloff=5
+" Ignore certain file extensions when tab-completing.
+set wildignore=*.swp,*.bak,*.pyc,*.class,*.o,*.exe
+
+" Set filetype stuff to on.
+filetype on
+filetype plugin on
 
 " Set up autoindentation.
 set smartindent
 filetype indent on
 
+" Example filetype-specific setting:
+" if has('autocmd')
+"     autocmd filetype python set expandtab
+" endif
+
+" Allow folding.
+set foldenable
+set foldmethod=syntax
+set foldlevelstart=99
+
+" Scroll five lines ahead of cursor.
+set scrolloff=5
+
+" Turn off error bells and visual bell
+set noeb vb t_vb=
+
 " Set tabs to width 4.
-set softtabstop=4
-set tabstop=4
-set shiftwidth=4
+filetype plugin indent on
+set shiftwidth=2
+set softtabstop=2
+set tabstop=2
 set expandtab
 
-"Highlight bad spacing
+" language-specific settings
+autocmd FileType python setlocal shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 tabstop=4
+
+" Allow backspacing over everything in insert mode.
+set backspace=indent,eol,start
+
+"Highlight bad spacing.
 highlight BadSpacing term=standout ctermbg=cyan
 augroup Spacing
     autocmd!
-    " Highlight tabulators and trailing spaces (nasty bastards)
+    " Highlight tabulators and trailing spaces
     autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPre * match BadSpacing /\(\t\|  *$\)/
     " Only highlight trailing space in tab-filled formats
     autocmd FileType help,make match BadSpacing /  *$/
@@ -42,15 +69,19 @@ set splitbelow splitright
 " Line wrapping off
 set nowrap
 
+" Enlarge history and undo/redo buffers.
+set history=1000
+set undolevels=1000
+
 " Reset colors to a clean state.
 if !has('gui_running')
-	set t_Co=8 t_md=
+    set t_Co=8 t_md=
 endif
 
-" Enable syntax "highlighting.
+" Enable syntax highlighting.
 syntax enable
 
-" Force vim to sync syntax "highlighting from the beginning of the file.
+" Force vim to sync syntax highlighting from the beginning of the file.
 syn sync fromstart
 
 " Set the color scheme to desert.
@@ -66,4 +97,5 @@ noremap! <Left> <Esc>
 noremap  <Right> ""
 noremap! <Right> <Esc>
 
-
+" Automatically reload the .vimrc when changes are made to it
+au! BufWritePost .vimrc source %