First off, you need to learn the basic commands of vim which can be learnt from vimtutor or Vim Adventures. Then you can install the latest version of Vim Vim Download. Next you can learn some basic commands for your .vimrc which can be located by entering "version" in normal mode. Then it will say "user vimrc file". Next you will remember the directory of the .vimrc file which is to the right of "user vimrc file". Then type ":e " then the directory of the vimrc file. A blank page will pop up. Here you can do all sorts of stuff, such as setting line numbers, configuring tabspaces and all sort of things.