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+" Some nice defaults borrowed from Neovim
+set nocompatible
+set autoindent
+set autoread
+set belloff=all
+set backspace=indent,eol,start
+set encoding=utf-8
+set laststatus=2
+set history=10000
+set hlsearch
+set incsearch
+set smarttab
+set ttimeout
+set ttimeoutlen=50
+set ttyfast
+set wildmenu
+syntax on
+let &t_SI = "\e[6 q"
+let &t_EI = "\e[2 q"
+
+" Set relative line numbers to make it easier to jump to a line
+set number
+set relativenumber
+
+" Always show filename and modified marker in status line
+set statusline=%f\ %m
+  
+" This setting makes search case-insensitive when all characters in the string
+" being searched are lowercase. However, the search becomes case-sensitive if
+" it contains any capital letters. This makes searching more convenient.
+set ignorecase
+set smartcase
+
+" Enable mouse support
+set mouse+=a
+
+" Use 2 spaces as default indentation
+set tabstop=2
+set shiftwidth=2
+set expandtab
+set smartindent
+
+" Enable soft line wrapping
+set wrap
+set linebreak
+set breakindent
+
+" Always show 4 lines above and below the cursor
+set scrolloff=4
+
+" Allow using uppercase W and Q commands to save/quit
+command WQ wq
+command Wq wq
+command W w
+command Q q
+
+" Type :C to open this config file
+command! -nargs=0 C :e $MYVIMRC
+
+" Type ':R' to reload config file
+command! -nargs=0 R :source $MYVIMRC
+
+" Press Enter to clear search highlighting
+nnoremap <silent><CR> :nohlsearch<CR>