set guifont=Monospace\ 9
 
" Make command line two lines high
set ch=2
 
" Make shift-insert work like in Xterm
map <S-Insert> <MiddleMouse>
map! <S-Insert> <MiddleMouse>
 
" Only do this for Vim version 5.0 and later.
if version >= 500
 
  " I do not like highlighting strings inside C comments
  " let c_comment_strings=1
 
  " Switch on syntax highlighting.
  syntax on
 
  " Switch off search pattern highlighting.
  set nohlsearch
 
  " Hide the mouse pointer while typing
  set mousehide
 
  " Set nice colors
  " background for normal text is light grey
  " Text below the last line is darker grey
  " Cursor is green
  " Constants are not underlined but have a slightly lighter background
  highlight Normal guibg=grey91 guifg=Black
  highlight Cursor guibg=Black guifg=White
  highlight NonText guibg=bg guifg=fg
 
  " programming...
  highlight Comment guibg=bg guifg=grey50
  highlight Constant guibg=bg guifg=Brown
  highlight Label guibg=bg guifg=Brown
  highlight Number guibg=bg guifg=Brown
  highlight Special guibg=bg guifg=DarkRed
  highlight Function guibg=bg guifg=DarkBlue
  highlight Type NONE
  highlight Type guibg=bg guifg=Purple
  highlight Statement NONE
  highlight Statement guibg=bg guifg=DarkGreen
  highlight StorageClass NONE
  highlight StorageClass guibg=bg guifg=DarkBlue
 
  " remove toolbar!
  set guioptions-=T
  " remove menus!
  set guioptions-=m
  " add horizontal scrollbar!
  set guioptions+=b
  " add printing of current line and char!
  set ruler
  " make it so that long lines don't wrap!
  set nowrap
 
 
endif