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Vim – Minimal Setup Explained
Here’s my (current) minimal setup:
set ai nocp digraph ek hid ru sc vb wmnu noeb noet nosol set bs=2 fo=cqrt ls=2 shm=at tw=72 ww=<,>,h,l set comments=b:#,:%,n:> set list listchars=tab:»·,trail:· set viminfo=%,'50,\"100,:100,n~/.viminfoAnd here’s some explanation for you:
Read in full here:
https://www.guckes.net/vim/setup.html
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