" Normally we use vim-extensions. If you want true vi-compatibility " remove change the following statements set nocompatible " Use Vim defaults instead of 100% vi compatibility " Now we set some defaults for the editor set ruler " show the cursor position all the time " modelines have historically been a source of security/resource " vulnerabilities -- disable by default, even when 'nocompatible' is set set nomodeline " Suffixes that get lower priority when doing tab completion for filenames. " These are files we are not likely to want to edit or read. set suffixes=.bak,~,.swp,.o,.info,.aux,.log,.dvi,.bbl,.blg,.brf,.cb,.ind,.idx,.ilg,.inx,.out,.toc " We know xterm-debian is a color terminal if &term =~ "xterm-debian" || &term =~ "xterm-xfree86" set t_Co=16 set t_Sf=