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@@ -59,3 +59,28 @@ let g:airline_theme='monokai_tasty'
 ![](./images/example_vim_and_markdown.png)
 ![](./images/example_ruby.png)
 
+## :star: Example `.vimrc`
+
+```vim
+" put Plug declaration first
+call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
+Plug 'patstockwell/vim-monokai-tasty'
+Plug 'pangloss/vim-javascript'
+Plug 'MaxMEllon/vim-jsx-pretty'
+Plug 'elzr/vim-json'
+Plug 'styled-components/vim-styled-components'
+Plug 'itchyny/lightline.vim'
+Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline'
+call plug#end()
+
+let g:vim_monokai_tasty_italic = 1                    " allow italics, set this before the colorscheme
+colorscheme vim-monokai-tasty                         " set the colorscheme
+
+" Optional themes for airline/lightline
+let g:airline_theme='monokai_tasty'                   " airline theme
+let g:lightline = { 'colorscheme': 'monokai_tasty' }  " lightline theme
+
+" `What` will print out the syntax group that the cursor is currently above.
+" from https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6z4aau/how_to_stop_vim_from_autohighlighting_italics_in/
+command! What echo synIDattr(synID(line('.'), col('.'), 1), 'name')
+```