I'm sure there's a simple answer to this question, but I've checked the Vim book and I've looked all the way through vimrc. I want to set the following permanently, not just for one session (which I know how to do): set expandtab set shiftwidth=4 set softtabstop=4 set tabstop=4 Can I just add these to vimrc, or is there another way to set this as default behaviour? thanks; sol