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+"%% SiSU Vim color file
+" Slate Maintainer: Ralph Amissah <ralph@amissah.com>
+" (originally looked at desert Hans Fugal <hans@fugal.net> http://hans.fugal.net/vim/colors/desert.vim (2003/05/06)
+:set background=dark
+:highlight clear
+if version > 580
+ hi clear
+ if exists("syntax_on")
+ syntax reset
+ endif
+endif
+let colors_name = "slate_mod"
+:hi Normal guifg=White guibg=grey15
+:hi Cursor guibg=khaki guifg=slategrey
+:hi VertSplit guibg=#c2bfa5 guifg=grey40 gui=none cterm=reverse
+:hi Folded guibg=black guifg=grey40 ctermfg=grey ctermbg=darkgrey
+:hi FoldColumn guibg=black guifg=grey20 ctermfg=4 ctermbg=7
+:hi IncSearch guifg=green guibg=black cterm=none ctermfg=yellow ctermbg=green
+:hi ModeMsg guifg=goldenrod cterm=none ctermfg=brown
+:hi MoreMsg guifg=SeaGreen ctermfg=darkgreen
+:hi NonText guifg=RoyalBlue guibg=grey15 cterm=bold ctermfg=blue
+:hi Question guifg=springgreen ctermfg=green
+:hi Search guibg=peru guifg=wheat cterm=none ctermfg=grey ctermbg=blue
+:hi SpecialKey guifg=yellowgreen ctermfg=darkgreen
+:hi StatusLine guibg=#c2bfa5 guifg=black gui=none cterm=bold,reverse
+:hi StatusLineNC guibg=#c2bfa5 guifg=grey40 gui=none cterm=reverse
+:hi Title guifg=gold gui=bold cterm=bold ctermfg=yellow
+:hi Statement guifg=CornflowerBlue ctermfg=lightblue
+:hi Visual gui=none guifg=khaki guibg=olivedrab cterm=reverse
+:hi WarningMsg guifg=salmon ctermfg=1
+:hi String guifg=SkyBlue ctermfg=darkcyan
+:hi Comment term=bold ctermfg=11 guifg=grey40
+:hi Constant guifg=#ffa0a0 ctermfg=brown
+:hi Special guifg=darkkhaki ctermfg=brown
+:hi Identifier guifg=salmon ctermfg=red
+:hi Include guifg=red ctermfg=red
+:hi PreProc guifg=red guibg=white ctermfg=red
+:hi Operator guifg=Red ctermfg=Red
+:hi Define guifg=gold gui=bold ctermfg=yellow
+:hi Type guifg=CornflowerBlue ctermfg=2
+:hi Function guifg=navajowhite ctermfg=brown
+:hi Structure guifg=green ctermfg=green
+:hi LineNr guifg=grey50 ctermfg=3
+:hi Ignore guifg=grey40 cterm=bold ctermfg=7
+:hi Todo guifg=orangered guibg=yellow2
+:hi Directory ctermfg=darkcyan
+:hi ErrorMsg cterm=bold guifg=White guibg=Red cterm=bold ctermfg=7 ctermbg=1
+:hi VisualNOS cterm=bold,underline
+:hi WildMenu ctermfg=0 ctermbg=3
+:hi DiffAdd ctermbg=4
+:hi DiffChange ctermbg=5
+:hi DiffDelete cterm=bold ctermfg=4 ctermbg=6
+:hi DiffText cterm=bold ctermbg=1
+:hi Underlined cterm=underline ctermfg=5
+:hi Error guifg=White guibg=Red cterm=bold ctermfg=7 ctermbg=1
+:hi SpellErrors guifg=White guibg=Red cterm=bold ctermfg=7 ctermbg=1
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+" use ~/.config/vim, see https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/20067
+set runtimepath+=~/.config/vim
+set viminfo+=n~/.config/vim/viminfo
+
+" double-tap 'j' to enter normal mode
+inoremap jj <Esc>
+
+" display
+syntax on
+set number
+set nowrap
+
+" indentation
+set autoindent
+set tabstop=4
+set shiftwidth=4
+
+set incsearch
+set scrolloff=8
+
+" use local modified colorscheme
+colorscheme slate_mod
+
+" allow for creating of PDFs with syntax highlighting, via 'HardcopyPdf'
+" command, see: https://askubuntu.com/a/1177135
+command! -range=% HardcopyPdf <line1>,<line2> hardcopy > %.ps | !ps2pdf %.ps && rm %.ps
+
+" de-clutter
+set noswapfile
+set nobackup
+set noundofile
+
+" recognise custom file extensions
+autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.trf set syntax=nroff
+autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.mail set syntax=mail