" do not keep a backup file
set nobackup

" wrap off
set nowrap

" tabs are only 2 characters
set tabstop=2

" auto indent uses 2 charaters
set shiftwidth=2

" spaces instead of tabs
set expandtab

" guess indentation
set autoindent

" expand command line using tab
set wildchar=<TAB>

" show line numbers
set number

" fold using markers
set foldmethod=marker

" powerful backspaces
set backspace=indent,eol,start

" highlight search terms
set hlsearch

" dont wrap words
set textwidth=0

" history
set history=50

" 1000 undo levels
set undolevels=1000

" show partial commands
set showcmd

" show matching braces
set showmatch

" auto-detect the file type
filetype plugin indent on

" on the syntax by default
if has("syntax")
  syntax on
endif

" When editing a file, always jump to the last known cursor position.
" Don't do it when the position is invalid or when inside an event handler
" (happens when dropping a file on gvim).
 autocmd BufReadPost *
  \ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
  \   exe "normal g`\"" |
  \ endif