.vimrc

"""" Arc's .vimrc.
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"""" Colors & themes
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set guifont=Courier:h18:cDEFAULT

" enables syntax highlighting
syntax enable

" Enable 256 colors
set t_Co=256

" changing colorscheme
colorscheme elflord

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"""" Spaces & tabs
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set tabstop=4 " number of visual spaces per tab
set softtabstop=4 " number of spaces per tab when editing
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab " tabs are spaces

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"""" UI settings
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" displays line numbers
set number

" highlights current line
set cursorline

" allows auto indent depending on the file
filetype plugin indent on

" allows reload of the file if its modified elsewhere
set autoread

" sharing clipboard between OS and Vim
set clipboard=unnamed

" highlighting searches
set hlsearch

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"""" Vim behaviour
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" allows :e /file to hide current buffer instead of killing it
set hidden

" no backup and swap
set nobackup
set noswapfile
set autoindent

" NOTES
"" sudo -e filename TO OPEN AS SUDO WITH $EDITOR (USES YOUR .vimrc AND SAVES
"" AS SUDO)