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+" appearance
+syntax enable
+set cursorline
+set number
+set showcmd
+set showmatch
+set wildmenu
+
+" behavior
+noremap j gj
+noremap k gk
+inoremap jk <esc> 
+set hlsearch
+set incsearch
+set lazyredraw
+set directory=~/.vim/tmp
+
+" indentation
+set tabstop=4
+set softtabstop=4
+set shiftwidth=4
+set expandtab
+filetype indent on
+
+" custom file types
+autocmd FileType yaml,yml setlocal tabstop=2 softtabstop=2 shiftwidth=2