Basic .vimrc file for efficient editing in any situation. No plugins, but it assumes a 256 color terminal.

.vimrc

set nocompatible
set nobackup
set nowritebackup
set notimeout
set ttimeout
set ttimeoutlen=10
set noswapfile
set history=50
set ruler
set showcmd
set incsearch
set autochdir
set laststatus=2
set t_Co=256
syntax on

" Fix backspace
set backspace=indent,eol,start
fixdel

" Send more characters for redraws
set ttyfast

" Use Bash as shell
set shell=/usr/local/bin/bash

" Enable mouse use in all modes
set mouse=a
set ttymouse=xterm2

filetype plugin indent on

" Softtabs, 2 spaces
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set expandtab

" Display extra whitespace
set list listchars=tab:»·,trail:·
" Clipboard fix for OsX
set clipboard=unnamed

" Numbers
set number
set numberwidth=2

"Folding
set foldmethod=indent
set foldlevelstart=99

" Autocompletion options
set wildmode=list:longest,list:full
set complete=.,w,b

" Tags
let Tlist_Ctags_Cmd = "/usr/local/bin/ctags -R --exclude=.git --exclude=log -f ./.tags *"
set tags+=.tags

" Set current path to working directory - useful to use :find
autocmd BufEnter * silent! set path=$PWD/**