My barebones .vimrc

.vimrc

"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
" General Stuff
"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

set nohls
set incsearch

" set the search scan so that it ignores case when the search is all lower
" case but recognizes uppercase if it's specified
set ignorecase
set smartcase

" Turn off the angryness
set belloff=all

" Fix esc key delaying itself wtf?
set ttimeoutlen=0

" 'fuzzy' find files in current dir
set path+=**
set wildmenu

" don't scan all included files for autocomplete
set complete-=i

"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
" Key mappings
"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

let mapleader=","

" jj esc!
imap jj <esc>

" No more shift colon!
nmap <space> :

" Keep text selected after indentation. Favorite setting of all time :D
vnoremap < <gv 
vnoremap > >gv  

"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
" Editor Formatting
"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

" When the page starts to scroll, keep the cursor 5 lines from the top/bottom
set scrolloff=5

" Tabs and spaces
set expandtab
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set shiftround

" Indentation
set autoindent
set smartindent

" Allow backspacing over indent, eol, and the start of an insert
set backspace=2

" Let the cursor do some crazy stuff
set virtualedit=all

" Set filetype stuff to on
filetype plugin indent on

" Custom overrides for indentation
autocmd FileType javascript setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2
autocmd FileType typescript setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2
autocmd FileType typescriptreact setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2
autocmd FileType json setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2

"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
" Colors and layout
"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

" tell VIM to always put a status line in, even if there is only one window
set laststatus=2

" Set the status line the way i like it
set stl=%f\ %m\ %r\ Line:%l/%L[%p%%]\ Col:%c\ Buf:%n

" Fix slow regex engine for Typescript
set re=0

"set t_Co=256
"set term=xterm-256color

set number
"set background=light

"set listchars=tab:>-,trail:-,eol:$
set listchars=tab:▸\ ,eol:¬

syntax on
colorscheme default

"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
" File stuff
"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

" remember last cursor position
au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g`\"" | endif

" Setting up the directories
set backup                       " backups are nice ...
set backupdir=$HOME/.vimbackup// " but not when they clog .
set viewdir=$HOME/.vimviews//    " same for view files
set directory=$HOME/.vimswap//   " same for swap files

" Creating directories if they don't exist
silent execute '!mkdir -p $HOME/.vimbackup'
silent execute '!mkdir -p $HOME/.vimswap'
silent execute '!mkdir -p $HOME/.vimviews'

"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
" Plugin stuff
"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

" Pathogen!
execute pathogen#infect()

" Mirror NERDTree across windows
autocmd BufWinEnter * NERDTreeMirror