passthejoe by Steven Rosenberg - text editorsA blog created in ZolaZola2025-11-13T00:00:00+00:00https://tilde.club/~passthejoe/zola/categories/text-editors/atom.xmlDerek Sivers' minimal .vimrc is only 4 lines long2025-11-13T00:00:00+00:002025-11-13T00:00:00+00:00
Steven Rosenberg
https://tilde.club/~passthejoe/zola/blog/derek-sivers-minimal-vimrc/<p>In Hyde's Lazybear blog's <a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://lazybea.rs/ovr-037/">Over/Under #37</a> featuring Derek Sivers, they both agree that Vim is underrated:</p>
<p><a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://sive.rs/">Derek</a> says about Vim:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>I’m out to learn, to challenge myself, to be more self-reliant. So my <code>.vimrc</code> is just 4 lines:</p>
</blockquote>
<pre style="background-color:#31333d;color:#ffffffc4;"><code><span>syntax on
</span><span>filetype plugin on
</span><span>filetype indent on
</span><span>set autoindent
</span></code></pre>
<p>My "normal" <code>.vimrc</code> is very long, though my OpenBSD <code>.vimrc</code> is now zero lines, so this should work for me.</p>