Minimal .vimrc for C/C++ developers

.vimrc

" VIM Configuration File
" Description: Optimized for C/C++ development.

" set UTF-8 encoding
set enc=utf-8
set fenc=utf-8
set termencoding=utf-8

" disable vi compatibility (emulation of old bugs)
set nocompatible

" use indentation of previous line
set autoindent

" use intelligent indentation for C
set smartindent

" configure tabwidth and insert spaces instead of tabs
set tabstop=8        " tab width is 8 spaces
set shiftwidth=8     " indent also with 8 spaces

" wrap lines at 120 chars. 80 is somewaht antiquated with nowadays displays.
set textwidth=120

" turn syntax highlighting on
syntax on

" turn line numbers on
set number

" highlight matching braces
set showmatch

" intelligent comments
set comments=sl:/*,mb:\ *,elx:\ */

" Install OmniCppComplete like described on http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/C++_code_completion
" This offers intelligent C++ completion when typing ‘.’ ‘->’ or <C-o>
" Load standard tag files
set tags+=~/.vim/tags/syslib-tags


" keyboard enhancement
set backspace=indent,eol,start

nmap <F3> :NERDTreeToggle<CR>
imap <F3> <ESC>:NERDTreeToggle<CR>

" You Complete Me
nmap <F12> :YcmCompleter GoTo<CR>
imap <F12> <ESC>:YcmCompleter GoTo<CR>