Vim stores its settings in ~/.vimrc. Here are the
ones that I generally find useful. Note that lines starting with
" are comments.
Tip
After you make changes to .vimrc, you can apply
them without restarting the Vim session with :source
~/.vimrc
" break compatibility with the ancient vi set nocompatible " set autorecognition of file types filetype on filetype plugin on filetype indent on " syntax highlighting, of course syntax on " smart context sensitive indenting set smartindent " show the info status bar at the bottom set ruler " show line numbers set number
Turn on default capabilities for XML and DocBook file types.
autocmd FileType xml,docbk set omnifunc=xmlcomplete#CompleteTags
If you use tabs to edit several files at once, it is handy to map the the following shortcuts to switch between them.
" switch the tabs with SHIFT + < or > map <S-Right> :tabnext<CR> map <S-Left> :tabprevious<CR>
