Vim : Customisation

 

Vim has so many options to customise. For example: if you want line number in left most column you can do that by doing as follow:

1. press <Esc> to enter into command mode

2. type :set nu and press enter

See how easily you customise it. There are so many options that you can try. Few useful tweaks are added below. Give it a try.

:set nu	show line number
:set rnu	show relative line number
:set noswapfile	no any swapfile will be created. By default vim creates .swp files.
:set cursorline	show cursorline
:set tabstop=4	set tabstop to 4 spaces
:set history=100	save history of last 100 commands
:set scrolloff=10	the cursor will be 10 line above the last line always
:set ruler	show ruler
:syntax on	syntax highlight
:set showmode	show in which mode you are working
:set autoindent	show indentation
:set foldcolumn=4	show foldslevel in a left column
:set foldlevel=2	folds code beyond level 2. Until 2 level it doesn’t fold
:set foldmethod=indent	Folds based on indentation

I love these settings and helps me a lot.

Please let me know if you find this useful.