"set your defaults for both gvim and vim (vi=vim on Linux)
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set visualbell "turns off obnoxious audible bell
"set exrc "allows local .vimrc within current working directory

"set ffs=""  "will not switch to DOS mode, ^M will be visible


"uncomment one of the following blocks:
"
" assume all your fortran is 'free form':
let fortran_free_source=1 
" you an overide the above locally by using  set exrc, and putting
" a single line: unlet! fortran_free_source in a local .vimrc file

"or comment-out the above and uncomment this:
"let s:extfname = expand("%:e") " .f90 wil be free, .f fixed
"if s:extfname ==? "f90"
"  let fortran_free_source=1
"else
"  unlet! fortran_free_source
"endif