set showcmd " Show (partial) command in status line. set showmatch " Show matching brackets. set ignorecase " Do case insensitive matching set incsearch " Incremental search set autowrite " Automatically save before commands like :next and :make set nocompatible " Use Vim defaults instead of 100% vi compatibility set backspace=indent,eol,start " more powerful backspacing set autoindent " always set autoindenting on set linebreak " Don't wrap words by default set textwidth=0 " Don't wrap lines by default set ruler " show the cursor position all the time