2025 | Personal .vimrc

.vimrc

" ~/.vimrc or ~/.config/nvim/init.vim

" -----------------------------
" General Editing Preferences
" -----------------------------

" Use spaces instead of tabs
set expandtab

" Each tab = 2 spaces
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set softtabstop=2

" Enable soft wrapping for long lines
set wrap
set linebreak      " Prevent wrapping in the middle of a word

" Enable line numbers
set number

" Enable mouse support in all modes
set mouse=a

" -----------------------------
" Terminal Settings
" -----------------------------

" Open new terminal windows at the bottom
set splitbelow

" -----------------------------
" Optional quality-of-life settings
" -----------------------------

" Highlight current line
set cursorline

" Show matching brackets
set showmatch

" Use relative numbers (optional, comment out if you don’t want this)
" set relativenumber

" Use a sensible default for backspace
set backspace=indent,eol,start

Usually goes alongside amix/vimrc, in which case to be placed under ~/.vim_runtime/my_configs.vim