example_vimrc

" Doesn't do much in modern vim, but...
" See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5845557/in-a-vimrc-is-set-nocompatible-completely-useless
set nocompatible

" autocmds are basically vim's triggers: stuff to run onread, onwrite, etc.  Generally you want a blank slate so you can
" have free working space to define your own
autocmd!

" highlight stuff matching last searched term
set hlsearch
" use case-insensitive unless mixed case search term
set smartcase
" jump to next matching on every keystroke for searching
set incsearch

" Check out the :h for each of these options!  However, 4-space expand tab is a pretty good default.  ;)
" Also useful, http://tedlogan.com/techblog3.html
set tabstop=4
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab

" Vim built-in lang indent, syntax, etc on
syntax enable
filetype on
filetype indent on
filetype plugin on