This is my preferred user configuration for ST2

sublimetext2-user-config.json

{
  "color_scheme": "Packages/Color Scheme - Default/Monokai.tmTheme",
	"font_size": 11.0,
	"translate_tabs_to_spaces": false,
	"translate_spaces_to_tabs": true,
	"caret_style": "phase",
	"highlight_line": true,
	"line_padding_bottom": 1,
	"line_padding_top": 1,
	"fade_fold_buttons": false,
	"bold_folder_labels": true,
	"auto_indent": true,
	"detect_indentation": true,
	"tab_size": 4,
	"trim_automatic_white_space": true,
	"trim_trailing_white_space_on_save": true
}