set nocompatible
set laststatus=2        " display status line always
set number              " show line number
set encoding=utf-8      " use UTF-8
set autoindent          " indent when moving to the next line while coding
set smartindent         " tab is converted to 4 spaces (Python convention)
set bs=2                " make backspace behave naturally
set ignorecase          " make search case insensitive
set smartcase
set pastetoggle=<F2>    " fix indent problem when pasting from ext. source
