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+" Vim can use per directory configuration files like this. 
+" To enable that feature two lines are needed in your ~/.vimrc
+" set exrc   " enables per-directory .vimrc files
+" set secure   " disable unsafe commands in local .vimrc files
+" Characters width is set to 109 for .c and XML but for everything else 79.
+" If you update this file make sure to update .dir-locals.el & .editorconfig 
+
+set tabstop=8
+set shiftwidth=8
+set expandtab
+set makeprg=GCC_COLORS=\ make
+set tw=79
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.xml set tw=109 shiftwidth=2 smarttab
+au FileType sh set tw=80 shiftwidth=4 smarttab
+au FileType c set tw=109