" enable syntax highlighting
syntax on

set clipboard=unnamed

" show line numbers
set number

" set tabs to have 4 spaces
set ts=4

" indent when moving to the next line while writing code
set autoindent

" expand tabs into spaces
set expandtab

" when using the >> or << commands, shift lines by 4 spaces
set shiftwidth=4

" show a visual line under the cursor's current line
set cursorline

" show the matching part of the pair for [] {} and ()
set showmatch

" allow backspace key to remove previously entered characters
set backspace=indent,eol,start

" enable all Python syntax highlighting features
let python_highlight_all = 1
imap jk <ESC>

" tab complete
set wildmenu