" Use Vim settings, rather then Vi settings (much better!).
" This must be first, because it changes other options as a side effect.
set nocompatible
syntax enable
set cindent shiftwidth=2
set expandtab
set foldmethod=marker
" allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set backspace=indent,eol,start
"if has("vms")
" set nobackup " do not keep a backup file, use versions instead
"else
" set backup " keep a backup file
"endif
set nobackup
set history=50 " keep 50 lines of command line history
set ruler " show the cursor position all the time
set showcmd " display incomplete commands
set incsearch " do incremental searching
set background=dark