syntax on " Turn on colour
filetype indent on " Indent depending on filetype... hopefully
set autoindent " Automaticaly indent while writing.
set ts=8 " Tab space to 8 (default)
set sts=4 " Soft Tab Space (4 spaces for a tab in here, but 8 inserted)? FIXME: update this comment, its wrong
set sw=4 " ShiftWidth. Number of spaces to use for each indent
set encoding=utf-8 " Force encoding to UTF8
set autowrite " Write changes on :make
" set et=on " Whether to expand tabs (insert spaces)
"
" Is 'filetype indent on' the same as 'set ai'?
" set ai
" set makeprg=firefox\ %<.html
" From /etc/vim/vimrc
set background=dark " This might make the syntax highlighting suck less
set showcmd " Show partial command in status line
set showmatch " Show matching brackets
" also look at ignorecase, incsearch