Configure your VIM Editor

Configuring VIM Editor

The most and the best editor in the Linux we can find is VIM editor and I’m using this for a long time. I hope everyone should try this editor it is really Awesome! . Here are the some of the steps which I found awesome when I configured my VIM for the first time. If you don’t have VIM Editor in your Linux OS type this command on your terminal to get installed.

$sudo apt-get install vim

After when the installation was over open your VIM application for configuring your VIM editor appearance.

1. Open your terminal. By default, your terminal directory will be in Home Folder if not switch to “Home Folder” using “cd” command in the terminal
2. Type the following code in your terminal “vim  ~/.vimrc” which creates a new hidden file named vimrc in your Home Folder
3. After when your file is opened set your appearance by the following commands

	set number
	syntax enable
	filetype indent on
	set et
	set sw=4
	set smarttab
	set incsearch
	set tabstop=4
	set showmatch
	colorscheme evening

Description:

• set number:

Sets the Line Number

• syntax enable:

Enables Syntax Highlight

• filetype indent on:

Enables automatic file type Identation

• set et:

Inserts Tab characters whenever tab key is pressed

• set sw = 4:

Sets no of characters to be moved if you press tab

• set smattab:

Automatically follows the same indentation when the Enter key is pressed

• set incsearch:

Sets incremental Search

• set tabstop = 4:

No tabs in the source file

• set showmatch:

Highlights the matching braces

• colorscheme evening:

A Milky-Black background theme for your VIM editor.