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+<sect2><title>Configuring Vim</title>
+
+<para>
+By default Vim runs in vi compatible mode. Some people might like this,
+but I have a high preference to run vim in vim mode (else I wouldn't
+have included Vim in this book but the original Vi). Create the
+<filename>/root/.vimrc</filename> by running the following:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout>
+
+<userinput>cat &gt; /root/.vimrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
+" Begin /root/.vimrc
+
+set nocompatible
+set bs=2
+
+" End /root/.vimrc
+<userinput>EOF</userinput>
+
+</literallayout>
+
+</sect2>
+