Creating a vim configuration file

• Create a file in your home directory called .vimrc

  cd ~
  touch .vimrc

  You can, of course, use vim to edit your .vimrc file:

  vi .vimrc

• Add the settings commands you prefer to the file. Here are the ones I currently use.

  "Lines that start with double quote are comments
  "Syntax highlighting
  syntax on
  "Stuff about tabs
  set tabstop=4
  set softtabstop=4
  set expandtab
  "Turn on line numbering
  set number
  "Put a visible cursor line under the current line
  set cursorline
  "Auto indent next line to the same level
  set autoindent
  "Search lookahead, highlighting, etc
  set incsearch
  set hlsearch

• Every time you start vim it will read and apply the settings in this file.