set nobackup
set noswapfile
set noundofile
set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4
set number
set showmatch
" sometimes i lose this - not sure why :(
syntax on
" this is what i use on slackware (dwm)
colorscheme elflord
" F5 shortcut to remove trailing whitespace
nnoremap <F5> :let _s=@/<Bar>:%s/\s\+$//e<Bar>:let @/=_s<Bar><CR>