A very simple vim configuration

.vimrc

" Vim defaults
set nocp

" syntax highlighting
syntax on

" Show line numbers
set number

" Enable mouse
set mouse=a

" Tabs and ident
filetype indent on
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set autoindent
set smartindent

" Plugins
filetype plugin on
filetype plugin indent on

" File stats
set ruler

" Status bar
set laststatus=2

" Encoding
set encoding=utf-8