" There's 8-color, 256-color, and 24-bit AKA TrueColor support " possible in different terminals. This enables 24-bit colors. " Makes VIM black-and-white in unsupported terminals. set termguicolors " Set desired colorscheme. colorscheme desert " Turn on code syntax highlighting. syntax on syntax enable " Show number lines. set number " Tab key uses 4 spaces. set tabstop=4 " Tab shift with << and >> shows 4 spaces. set shiftwidth=4 " Automatically indent after new lines. set autoindent " Show symbols to indicate tab whitespace. set list set listchars=tab:\:.