if has("gui_gtk2") set guifont=Courier\ 10\ Pitch\ 11 endif colorscheme pablo set selectmode=key,mouse " Selecting how ? "set selectmode=cmd,key,mouse " Selecting how ? with cmd it will override " the selected string with they key you have typed set selection=inclusive " select the last char and place the cursor one line after the selected line "Have spelling (vim 7..) if has("spell") " turn spelling on by default set spell spelllang=en_us " Toggle spelling in vim 7 for both regular and insert mode map :set spell! imap :set spell!i " limit it to just the top 1000 items set sps=best,1000 endif