vimrc

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" # VI text editor setup
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execute pathogen#infect()

" set our tabs to four spaces
set ts=4

" turn syntax highlighting on by default
syntax enable
set background=dark
colorscheme solarized
filetype plugin indent on

" set auto-indenting on for programming
set ai

" turn off compatibility with the old vi
set nocompatible

" turn on the "visual bell" - which is much quieter than the "audio blink"
set vb

" automatically show matching brackets. works like it does in bbedit.
set showmatch

" make that backspace key work the way it should
set backspace=indent,eol,start