.vimrc

set nobackup            " do not save ~file

set backspace=2         " backspace in insert mode like other editors
set cursorline          " location of cursor shown as underscore
syntax on               " syntax highlighting
set number              " line numbers

filetype indent on      " activates indenting for files
set autoindent          " auto indenting
set si                  " smart indent

set expandtab           " use spaces instead of tabs
set smarttab            " use smarts when tabbing
set shiftwidth=2        " 1 tab == 2 spaces
set tabstop=2
set softtabstop=2

set textwidth=130       " wrap lines 130 chars, wide-carriage :)

set hlsearch            " highlight search results
set incsearch           " incremental search to move result while typing
set showmatch           " show matching brackets