Adding some ideas from nvie's .vimrc (http://github.com/nvie/vimrc/raw/master/vimrc).

diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index e0ba2ef..10703a9 100644 (file)
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 " Don't imitate vi.
 set nocompatible
 
+" Ignore certain file extensions when tab-completing.
+set wildignore=*.swp,*.bak,*.pyc,*.class,*.o
+
+" set filetype stuff to on
+filetype on
+filetype plugin on
+filetype indent on
+
+" Example filetype-specific setting:
+" if has('autocmd')
+"     autocmd filetype python set expandtab
+" endif
+
 " Show line numbers.
 set number
 set numberwidth=4
@@ -18,16 +31,22 @@ set tabstop=4
 set shiftwidth=4
 set expandtab
 
+" 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 /  *$/
 augroup END
 
+" Highlight search terms.
+set hlsearch
+
 " Search as you type.
 set incsearch
 
@@ -42,15 +61,19 @@ 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.