My .vimrc

.vimrc

" actually run as vim, not vi
set nocompatible

" 256-color terminal
set t_Co=256

" utf-8 by default
set encoding=utf-8

" vundle requires turning off filetypes momentarily
filetype off

" include vundle on the runpath
set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/vundle/

" initialize vundle
call vundle#rc()

" let vundle manage itself
Bundle 'gmarik/vundle'

" ruby mode (might not be needed, w/ vim-rails?)
Bundle 'vim-ruby/vim-ruby'

" better tab completion
Bundle 'ervandew/supertab'

" erb support and the likes
Bundle 'tpope/vim-rails'

" solarized color theme
Bundle 'altercation/vim-colors-solarized'

" mustang theme
Bundle 'croaker/mustang-vim'

" php mode stuff
Bundle 'tobyS/vip'

" trailing whitespace annoyances
Bundle 'bronson/vim-trailing-whitespace'

" git integration
Bundle 'tpope/vim-fugitive'

" show current line and col in status bar
set ruler

" show filename in status bar
set title

" line numbers
set number

" let vim do more at once, with a modern terminal
set ttyfast

" always show current mode in status bar
set showmode

" tab completion done better
set wildmode=list:full

" allow opening new files while edits are kept
set hidden

" highlight matches in search
set hlsearch

" show matches while typing
set incsearch

" fuck ~backup files
set nobackup

" fuck ~backup files during editing
set nowritebackup

" fuck .swp files
set noswapfile

" force blank lines at end of file
set eol

" disallow assumption of binary (noeol) mode
set nobinary

" needed for most plugins to work
filetype plugin indent on

" spaces, not tabs
set expandtab

" not sure, will check
set shiftwidth=2

" soft tabs are 2 spaces
set softtabstop=2

" override tab settings for php
augroup filetype_php
  autocmd!
  autocmd FileType php setlocal noexpandtab shiftwidth=2 tabstop=2
augroup END

" allow syntaxes
syntax on

" always show the status line
set laststatus=2

" customize status line components
set statusline=%<%f\ %h%m%r%=%{fugitive#statusline()}\ %-14.(%l,%c%V%)\ %P

" opening a file any buffer uses the pwd for that file
set autochdir

" purdy colors
set background=dark
colorscheme mustang

" emacs user hangs head in shame: these are key-bindings for moving to ^/$ and
" for cut/paste while in insert mode, same as emacs, readline, zsh, bash, OS X
" undo/redo/visual select, I can live with switching to normal mode
inoremap <C-a> <ESC>I
inoremap <C-e> <ESC>A

" C-c usually by-passes the InsertLeave event
inoremap <C-c> <ESC>

" make vim's regex interpretation friendlier (see :h pattern)
nnoremap / /\v
vnoremap / /\v

" ubuntu has some dumb sql plugin installed that breaks the arrow keys
let g:omni_sql_no_default_maps = 1

" make status line red while in insert mode
augroup hi_statusline
  autocmd!
  autocmd InsertEnter * hi StatusLine ctermbg=15  ctermfg=9
  autocmd InsertLeave * hi StatusLine ctermbg=238 ctermfg=253
augroup END

README.md

How to use this .vimrc

First, you need to create a ~/.vim directory, and a ~/.vim/bundle directory.

Then install vundle as described in its own README (i.e. clone the repository inside of ~/.vim/bundle).

Now you should be able to copy my .vimrc to your home directory, open vim and run :BundleInstall. You may get errors the first time you open vim, due to reference to color schemes that :BundleInstall will install, but the next time you open vim everything will work.