vim

.vimrc §

Minimum settings §

set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab  " or 4 to use 4 spaces instead
syntax on
filetype indent on
set smartindent
set backspace=2  " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode

Optional settings §

set tags+=~/.tags  " look for tags in the file ~/.tags
set background=dark  " fix colors (e.g. when using tmux or screen)

Cheatsheet §

command	description
"*y	yank selection into clipboard
gg=G	fix indentation for entire file
''	jump back to where you were (not sure how this is determined)
:set syntax=json :set filetype=json	Use the specified language highlighting and formatting, respectively, in the current session.