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+" ----- [ Preferences for sh ] -----
+
+" show cursor
+setlocal cursorline cursorcolumn
+hi CursorLine term=none cterm=none
+
+" show line numbers
+setlocal number numberwidth=4
+
+" show matching parentheses
+setlocal showmatch
+
+" indent
+setlocal autoindent cindent smartindent
+
+" tabs
+setlocal tabstop=2
+setlocal shiftwidth=2
+
+" use space instead of tabs
+setlocal expandtab
+
+"set search prefs
+set hlsearch
+set incsearch