" Use Vim settings, rather then Vi settings (much better!).
" This must be first, because it changes other options as a side effect.
set nocompatible

" good color scheme
colorscheme torte

" line numbering on
set number

" show line number and column
set ruler

" show INSERT/OPEN/etc mode on status line
set showmode

" case insensitive search
set ic

" allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set backspace=indent,eol,start

" do incremental searching
set incsearch

" Turn off annoying beeps
set vb

" tabs not dumb
"set tabstop=4
"set shiftwidth=4
"set expandtab "insert space chars instead of tabs
"set softtabstop=4 "treats 4-space seq like tabs (for backspace purposes)


" Switch syntax highlighting on, when the terminal has colors
" Also switch on highlighting the last used search pattern.
if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running")
  syntax on
  set hlsearch
endif