Favorite minimalistic .vimrc configuration [closed]

Answer 1

Since I am on new machines a lot, I have put my minimalistic .vimrc on my homepage here. So I don't have to carry it around on an USB stick.

Don't know, if there's anything for you in it or not.

Rene

Answer 2

My vimrc lives on my dropbox folder. But it's not minimalistic.

If I'm doing something really simple (not worth grabbing my real vimrc) I'll do the following:

:set nocompatible
:set number
:set showmatch
:map! <F3> <Esc>

Answer 3

So many lines to choose from, but the ones I wouldn't be without and would highly recommend for all vimmers:

" remap jj to escape in insert mode
inoremap jj <Esc>

" swapping : and ; save a lot of unneeded shifting:
noremap ; :
noremap : ;

" The wish that grants more wishes (edit vimrc with \ev)
nnoremap <Leader>ev :tabnew<CR>:e ~/.vimrc<CR>

Answer 4

There is never a need for a minimalistic configuration. This solves everything:

wget -O ~/.vimrc http://github.com/lucasoman/Conf/raw/master/.vimrc

Answer 5

This deviates a bit from the letter of the question, but is hopefully within the spirit. The very first thing I do on a new machine is set -o vi to get vi-style key bindings on the commandline.

Answer 6

Here are some real good must have commands.

        " do not make vim compatible with vi.
    set nocompatible

        " number the lines.
    set number

        " show location of cursor using a horizontal line.
    set cursorline

        " keep cursor in the middle of the screen while scrolling up and down.
    set scrolloff=999

    " show auto complete menus.
    set wildmenu

    " Make wildmenu behave like bash completion. Finding commands are so easy now.
    set wildmode=list:longest

    " run the Bash script by pressing F6 without leaving VIM.
    map <f6> :w <CR>:!bash % <CR>

    " turn on syntax hightlighting.
    set syntax=on