My config:
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" => General
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" Sets how many lines of history VIM has to remember
set history=700
" Enable filetype plugins
filetype plugin on
filetype indent on
" Set to auto read when a file is changed from the outside
set autoread
"Always show current position
set ruler
" Ignore case when searching
set ignorecase
" When searching try to be smart about cases
set smartcase
" Highlight search results
set hlsearch
" Show matching brackets when text indicator is over them
set showmatch
syntax enable
colorscheme desert
set background=dark
" Set extra options when running in GUI mode
if has("gui_running")
set guioptions-=T
set guioptions+=e
set t_Co=256
set guitablabel=%M\ %t
endif
" Set utf8 as standard encoding and en_US as the standard language
set encoding=utf8
" Use Unix as the standard file type
set ffs=unix,dos,mac
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" => Files, backups and undo
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" Turn backup off, since most stuff is in SVN, git et.c anyway...
set nobackup
set nowb
set noswapfile
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" => Text, tab and indent related
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" Use spaces instead of tabs
set expandtab
" Be smart when using tabs ;)
set smarttab
" 1 tab == 4 spaces
set shiftwidth=4
set tabstop=4
" Linebreak on 500 characters
set lbr
set tw=500
set ai "Auto indent
set si "Smart indent
set wrap "Wrap lines
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" => Moving around, tabs, windows and buffers
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" Treat long lines as break lines (useful when moving around in them)
map j gj
map k gk
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" => Status line
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" Always show the status line
set laststatus=2
" Format the status line
set statusline=\ %{HasPaste()}%F%m%r%h\ %w\ \ CWD:\ %r%{getcwd()}%h\ \ \ Line:\ %l
I found this:
http://amix.dk/vim/vimrc.html
just copy things that you want