" Turn off error bells and visual bell
set noeb vb t_vb=
-" Set tabs to width 4.
+" Set tabs to width 2.
filetype plugin indent on
set shiftwidth=2
set softtabstop=2
set tabstop=2
set expandtab
-" language-specific settings
+" language-specific settings: tab width is 4 for python
autocmd FileType python setlocal shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 tabstop=4
" Allow backspacing over everything in insert mode.