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.vimrc is the file that is executed by default by the text editor Vim upon startup. It is generally a good idea to put a .vimrc in your home directory with some useful setting in it.
- There are a whole host of useful settings, but a few common ones follow
- set nocompatible " Make Vim behave less like vi and more like Vim - this makes Vim a lot easier to use
syntax on " Syntax highlight whatever language you are editing, Vim supports many languages
set incsearch " Enable incremental searching by default
