Basic / Simple vimrc config file

.vimrc

set nocompatible
set encoding=utf-8
set hidden
filetype plugin indent on
syntax on
set synmaxcol=2048                " Don't syntax highlight super-long lines (for performance)

set autoindent                    " automatically indent lines and try to do it intelligently
set smartindent
set backspace=indent,eol,start    " backspace behaves 'normally'

" set softtabstop=2
set smartindent
set shiftwidth=4                  " [2]
set tabstop=4                     " tab is 4 spaces [2]
set expandtab                     " use soft tabs

set textwidth=0
set nolinebreak
set nowrap

set virtualedit=all               " Allow the cursor to go in to 'invalid' places

set hlsearch                      " highlight search terms
set incsearch                     " search incrementally
set ignorecase                    " ignore case in searches...
set smartcase                     " ...but not really. Case sensitive if capitals are included.
set wrapscan                      " Set the search scan to wrap around the file

nmap <silent> <Leader>/ :nohlsearch<CR>  " Clear the find buffer

colorscheme desert

set laststatus=2                  " always display a status line

set number                        " show line numbers
set numberwidth=5
set ruler                         " display coordinates in status bar
set showcmd                       " display unfinished commands
set showmatch                     " show matching bracket (briefly jump)
set showmode                      " display the current mode in the status bar
set title                         " show file in titlebar
set scrolloff=3                   " When the page starts to scroll, keep the cursor 3 lines from top/bottom
set cmdheight=2                   " Make command line two lines high

" Use the same symbols as TextMate for tabstops and EOLs
" Show Invisibles (http://vimcasts.org/episodes/show-invisibles/) 
set list
set listchars=tab:▸\ ,eol:¬
highlight NonText guifg=#4a4a59
highlight SpecialKey guifg=#4a4a59

" md, markdown, and mk are markdown and define buffer-local preview
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.{md,markdown,mdown,mkd,mkdn} call s:setupMarkup()

" add json syntax highlighting
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.json set ft=javascript

au BufRead,BufNewFile *.txt call s:setupWrapping()

set wildmenu
set wildmode=list:longest,list:full
set wildignore+=*.swp,*.bak,*.o,*.obj,.git,*.rbc,*.class,.svn,vendor/gems/*