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+set number
+
+colorscheme darkblue
+
+"" highlight trailing whitespace
+highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=red guibg=red
+match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
+autocmd BufWinEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
+autocmd InsertEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+\%#\@<!$/
+autocmd InsertLeave * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
+autocmd BufWinLeave * call clearmatches()
+autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.json set ft=javascript
+
+"" show red bar at 120
+set colorcolumn=120
+
+filetype plugin on
+
+set keywordprg=pman
+
+set autoindent
+set ruler
+set rulerformat=%l,%v
+set expandtab
+set tabstop=4
+set ignorecase
+set smartcase
+
+set paste
+
+syntax on
+
+highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=red guibg=red
+match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
+
+
+autocmd BufWritePre * :%s/\s\+$//e
+autocmd FileType ruby setlocal shiftwidth=2 tabstop=2