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+" An example for a gvimrc file.
+" The commands in this are executed when the GUI is started.
+"
+" Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
+" Last change:	2001 Sep 02
+"
+" To use it, copy it to
+"     for Unix and OS/2:  ~/.gvimrc
+"	      for Amiga:  s:.gvimrc
+"  for MS-DOS and Win32:  $VIM\_gvimrc
+"	    for OpenVMS:  sys$login:.gvimrc
+
+" Make external commands work through a pipe instead of a pseudo-tty
+"set noguipty
+
+" set the X11 font to use
+" set guifont=-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
+
+set ch=2		" Make command line two lines high
+
+set mousehide		" Hide the mouse when typing text
+
+" 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 like highlighting strings inside C comments
+  let c_comment_strings=1
+
+  " Switch on syntax highlighting if it wasn't on yet.
+  if !exists("syntax_on")
+    syntax on
+  endif
+
+  " Switch on search pattern highlighting.
+  set hlsearch
+
+  " For Win32 version, have "K" lookup the keyword in a help file
+  "if has("win32")
+  "  let winhelpfile='windows.hlp'
+  "  map K :execute "!start winhlp32 -k <cword> " . winhelpfile <CR>
+  "endif
+
+  " Set nice colors
+  " background for normal text is light grey
+  " Text below the last line is darker grey
+  " Cursor is green, Cyan when ":lmap" mappings are active
+  " Constants are not underlined but have a slightly lighter background
+  highlight Normal guibg=grey90
+  highlight Cursor guibg=Green guifg=NONE
+  highlight lCursor guibg=Cyan guifg=NONE
+  highlight NonText guibg=grey80
+  highlight Constant gui=NONE guibg=grey95
+  highlight Special gui=NONE guibg=grey95
+
+endif