Initial Settings : Configure Vim2025/10/10

	Install and Configure Vim that is more convenience than vi.
[1]	Install Vim

dlp:~ #

zypper -n install vim

[2]	Set command alias for your own environment.

dlp:~ #

vi ~/.bashrc

# add to last line

alias vi='vim'

# apply changes

dlp:~ #

source ~/.bashrc

[3]	Configure Vim as your own user-specific environment. (* the common settings for all users are in [/etc/vimrc])

root@dlp:~#

vi ~/.vimrc

" use extended function of vim
" it is no compatible with vi
set nocompatible

" specify character encoding
set encoding=utf-8

" specify file encoding
set fileencodings=utf-8

" specify file formats
set fileformats=unix,dos

" take backup
" opposite is [ set nobackup ]
set backup

" specify backup directory
set backupdir=~/backup

" take 50 search histories
set history=50

" ignore Case
set ignorecase

" distinct Capital if you mix it in search words
set smartcase

" highlights matched words
" opposite is [ set nohlsearch ]
set hlsearch

" use incremental search
" opposite is [ set noincsearch ]
set incsearch

" show line number
" opposite is [ set nonumber ]
set number

" visualize break ( $ ) or tab ( ^I )
set list

" highlights parentheses
set showmatch

" not insert LF at the end of file
set binary noeol

" set auto indent
" opposite is [ noautoindent ]
set autoindent

" show color display
" opposite is [ syntax off ]
syntax on

" change colors for comments if [ syntax on ] is set
highlight Comment ctermfg=LightCyan

" wrap lines
" opposite is [ set nowrap ]
set wrap

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