return {
	-- vim options
	-- these are things you would apply with `set thing` or `set thing=value`.
	o = {
		-- Disable modeline (security risk)
		modeline = false,
		-- Enable wrapping (visually) at the end of the window
		wrap = true,
		-- Display markers _after_ the 80th and 120th columns
		cc = '81,121',
		-- Smart search case sensitivity: If anything in search term is
		-- uppercase, match case sensitive. Otherwise match case-insensitive.
		ignorecase = true,
		smartcase = true,
		-- Allow backspace through indentation and stop at the beginning of
		-- the line
		backspace = 'start,indent',

		-- Set defaults, should be overridden by the editorconfig plugin if you
		-- have one.
		softtabstop = 0,
		shiftwidth = 4,
		tabstop = 4,
		expandtab = false,

		-- Use smart-ish indentation
		autoindent = true,
		copyindent = true,
		preserveindent = true,

		-- Enable extended color support on terminal
		termguicolors = true,

		-- Automatically reload changed files
		autoread = true,

		-- How long for a multi-key binding to time out
		-- This basically just controls how long before
		-- the key helper pops up if you have the keymap
		-- ui enabled.
		timeoutlen = 300,

		-- Show line numbers
		number = true,

		-- Highlight the line the cursor is on
		cursorline = true,

		-- Keep a persistent undo file, allow undoing after closing and reopening
		-- a file.
		undofile = true,

	},
	-- global variables
	-- these are things you would apply with `let g:thing=value`
	g = {
		-- Control the 'leader' key for extended key bindings
		mapleader = ' '
	}

}