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+" File: nerdtree-settings.vim
+" Author: Nirenjan Krishnan
+" Description: Base settings for NERDTree plugin
+" Last Modified: May 21, 2014
+
+" Don't try to display Unicode characters for the tree
+let g:NERDTreeDirArrows = 0
+