Rather than continuing to edit this page, I have started storing my .vimrc file and vim plugins at www.github.com/stkerr/Config-Files

I really like the Vim editor and this page is a collection of some of the neat stuff I have found.

.vimrc additions

```
syntax enable
```
Syntax highlighting
```
set number
```
Line numbers
```
set autoindent
```
Indentation improvements
```
set background=(light/dark)
```
Improves coloring of text. Set based on terminal

Plugins

Adds a taglist to the side of supported file types. Requires ctypes.

Does syntax checking for supported filetypes. Requires pathogen.

Use :tabe, :tabn, :tabp to create and move between tabs in vim. Consider mapping these shortcuts to function keys for improved productivity.

Use :sp and :vsp to split the window into multiple buffers. Navigate with ctrl+[hjkl]

Can also split horizontall and vertically with ctrl+w,[sv], respectively.

Use ctrl+w,w to switch among open buffers.