syntax on               " Turn on colour
filetype indent on      " Indent depending on filetype... hopefully
set autoindent          " Automaticaly indent while writing.
set ts=8                " Tab space to 8 (default)
set sts=4               " Soft Tab Space (4 spaces for a tab in here, but 8 inserted)? FIXME: update this comment, its wrong
set sw=4                " ShiftWidth.  Number of spaces to use for each indent
set encoding=utf-8      " Force encoding to UTF8
set autowrite           " Write changes on :make
" set et=on             " Whether to expand tabs (insert spaces)
"
" Is 'filetype indent on' the same as 'set ai'?
" set ai
" set makeprg=firefox\ %<.html

" From /etc/vim/vimrc
set background=dark     " This might make the syntax highlighting suck less
set showcmd             " Show partial command in status line
set showmatch           " Show matching brackets
" also look at ignorecase, incsearch