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" call system vimrc
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source $VIM/_vimrc
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" startup
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autocmd GUIEnter * simalt ~X " maximize window
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" opening files
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" change working directory to path of file
autocmd BufEnter * lcd %:p:h
" reformat xml files (pretty print)
autocmd FileType xml exe ":silent 1,$!xmllint --format --encode UTF-8 --recover - 2>/dev/null"
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" saving files
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set backupdir=./_Backup,$TEMP,.
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" searching
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set hlsearch " highlight matches to search pattern
set incsearch " incremental search
set smartcase " case sensitive if search string contains uppercase letters
set ignorecase " case insensitive searching
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" configure editor with tabs and nice stuff...
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set expandtab " enter spaces when tab is pressed
set textwidth=0 " do not break lines when line length increases
set tabstop=4 " use 4 spaces to represent tab
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4 " number of spaces to use for auto indent
set autoindent " copy indent from current line when starting a new line
" make backspaces more powerfull
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set ruler " show line and column number
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" encoding
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set encoding=utf-8
"set printencoding=utf-8
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" keyboard mappings
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set langmap=¨]
Future Daren, you can find the location of the .vimrc by editing the file $MYVIMRC in vim itself! Unless it hasn't been created yet ($MYVIMRC will then point to the system-wide version). In Windows, just plop a _vimrc file in your %userprofile%.
