" Enable syntax highlighting
syntax on
" Enable line numbers
set number
" Enable desert theme
colorscheme desert
" Always show status line
set laststatus=2

" Highlight unwanted spaces :
" 1. highlight trailing whitespace in red
" 2. have this highlighting not appear whilst you are typing in insert mode
" 3. have the highlighting of whitespace apply when you open new buffers
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()

" Don’t create backups when editing files in certain directories
set backupskip=/tmp/*,/private/tmp/*
" Ignore case of searches
set ignorecase
" Highlight current line
set cursorline
" Highlight dynamically as pattern is typed
set incsearch
" Highlight searches
set hlsearch
" Disable error bells
set noerrorbells
" Don’t show the intro message when starting Vim
set shortmess=atI
" Show the filename in the window titlebar
set title
" Start scrolling three lines before the horizontal window border
set scrolloff=3

" Default colors for highlighting search result
hi Search ctermfg=White
hi Search ctermbg=DarkMagenta