diff --git a/configs/vimrc b/configs/vimrc
index b9996d6..e5da633 100644
--- a/configs/vimrc
+++ b/configs/vimrc
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ if has("autocmd")
 
 
   " omni completion
-  au FileType python set ofu=pythoncomplete#Complete
-  au FileType javascript set ofu=javascriptcomplete#CompleteJS
-  au FileType html set ofu=htmlcomplete#CompleteTags
-  au FileType css set ofu=csscomplete#CompleteCSS
-  au FileType xml set ofu=xmlcomplete#CompleteTags
-  au FileType php set ofu=phpcomplete#CompletePHP
+  au FileType python setlocal ofu=pythoncomplete#Complete
+  au FileType javascript setlocal ofu=javascriptcomplete#CompleteJS
+  au FileType html setlocal ofu=htmlcomplete#CompleteTags
+  au FileType css setlocal ofu=csscomplete#CompleteCSS
+  au FileType xml setlocal ofu=xmlcomplete#CompleteTags
+  au FileType php setlocal ofu=phpcomplete#CompletePHP
 
   set completeopt-=preview
 
@@ -75,31 +75,31 @@ if has("autocmd")
   " (use spaces instead of tabs (expandtab), uses 4 spaces for tabs (tabstop),
   " when auto-indenting, also use 4 spaces (shiftwidth), when deleting text, 4
   " spaces are a tab (softtabstop) and break the line at column 78 (textwidth))
-  au FileType python set expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 textwidth=78
+  au FileType python setlocal expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 textwidth=78
   
   " reStructured files follow python closely, but use 3 tab stops instead of 4
-  au FileType rst set expandtab tabstop=3 sw=3 sts=3 textwidth=78
+  au FileType rst setlocal expandtab tabstop=3 sw=3 sts=3 textwidth=78
   
   " templates (Jinja2 in this case) will use tabs instead (to reduce file size)
-  au FileType htmldjango set noet tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 textwidth=0
-  au FileType jinja set noet tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 textwidth=0
+  au FileType htmldjango setlocal noet tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 textwidth=0
+  au FileType jinja setlocal noet tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 textwidth=0
   
   " the smarty filetypes doesn't have any sort of indentation, so we set it to
   " auto
-  au FileType smarty set ai
+  au FileType smarty setlocal ai
   
   " PHP break lines at column 79, like Python
-  au FileType php set textwidth=79
+  au FileType php setlocal textwidth=79
   
   " svn (when editing svn commit messages, break lines at
   " column 70)
-  au FileType svn set tw=70
+  au FileType svn setlocal tw=70
   
   " email (mostly mutt stuff)
   au FileType mail setlocal spell spelllang=en
   
   " JavaScript (who though those were "good" defaults?)
-  au FileType javascript set expandtab tabstop=2 sw=2 sts=2 textwidth=0
+  au FileType javascript setlocal expandtab tabstop=2 sw=2 sts=2 textwidth=0
 else
   set autoindent                " always set autoindenting on
 endif " has("autocmd")