"
"	Try to turn off vi[=vim]'s blasted "cleverness" as much as possible.
"	(It's a losing battle - in particular, auto-indenting seems to keep
"	coming alive again at the oddest of moments!)
"

"
"	Ask for no auto-indenting of lines, no "file~" backup files,
"	no "modelines" (macro-style command execution, God help us!),
"	and no storing of vim-usage information across sessions.
"
:set noautoindent nobackup nomodeline viminfo=

"
"	Now, turn off all those damned syntax-specific commands and
"	psychedelic colour schemes!
"
:syntax off