Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: Vim as Text Editor

Initial Settings

This section explain how to install and configure Vim as Text Editor on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Server, Vim that is more convenience than vi.

Step [1] Install and Configure Vim. The example below applys to a user specific setting. If you'd like to applly settings as the System wide, Write settings in [/etc/vim/vimrc]. You may want to select and apply each parameter according to your own preferences.

root@bizantum:~# apt -y install vim
root@bizantum:~# vi ~/.vimrc
" use extended feature of vim (no compatible with vi)
set nocompatible

" specify character encoding
set encoding=utf-8

" specify file encoding
set fileencodings=utf-8

" specify file formats
set fileformats=unix,dos

" take backup
" opposite is [ set nobackup ]
set backup

" specify backup directory
set backupdir=~/backup

" number of search histories
set history=50

" ignore Case
set ignorecase

" distinct Capital if you mix it in search words
set smartcase

" highlights matched words
" opposite is [ set nohlsearch ]
set hlsearch

" use incremental search
" opposite is [ set noincsearch ]
set incsearch

" show line number
" opposite is [ set nonumber ]
set number

" visualize break ( $ ) or tab ( ^I )
set list

" highlights parentheses
set showmatch

" not insert LF at the end of file
set binary noeol

" enable auto indent
" opposite is [ noautoindent ]
set autoindent

" show color display
" opposite is [ syntax off ]
syntax on

" change colors for comments if it's set [ syntax on ]
highlight Comment ctermfg=LightCyan

" wrap lines
" opposite is [ set nowrap ]
set wrap