My `vimrc` used with gVim on Windows. Resides in `C:\Program Files\Vim\`

vimrc

set nocompatible
behave mswin

" Appearance
"
set synmaxcol=999 "turn off syntax when line is too long
colorscheme wombat
highlight Cursor guibg=lightgreen guifg=black
set guifont=Fira\ Mono\ Medium:h10
"set guifont=InputMonoCompressed:h10
"set guifont=Consolas:h11
set printfont=Consolas:h8
set columns=140
set lines=35
set printoptions=formfeed:y             " Set page breaks for printing. <Ctrl-Q, Ctrl-L> in Windows
"let g:ale_set_highlights = 0            " Stop shellcheck and other linters
"let g:ale_lint_on_save = 0
let g:ale_lint_on_text_changed = 'never'
let g:ale_lint_on_enter = 0

" syntax for .plb files
syntax on
filetype on
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.plb set filetype=sql

" Behaviour
"
set backspace=indent,eol,start          " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set nobackup                            " don't spray backup files everywhere
set dir=c:\\temp                        " use temp directory instead
set backupdir=c:\\temp
set history=500                         " keep 500 lines of command line history
set ruler                               " show the cursor position all the time
set showcmd                             " display incomplete commands
"--search--
set incsearch                           " do incremental searching
set hlsearch
set ignorecase                          " ignore case
set smartcase                           " but don't ignore it, when search string contains uppercase letters
"--indent--
set cindent
set autoindent
set smartindent
set shiftwidth=4                        " 4 characters for indenting
set tabstop=8                           " to match notepad.exe
set smarttab
set expandtab
"--wrapping--
set breakindent                         " wrap long lines with indentation
set showbreak=»»
set nowrap                              " don't wrap by default
set tw=0                                " don't jump to newline after col 80
set display+=lastline                   " Display partial last lines on teh screen instead of hiding them

set cursorline                         " always highlight the current line
"set showtabline=2                      " always show buffers
set mouse=a                             " use mouse in xterm to scroll
set scrolloff=5                         " 5 lines before and after the current line when scrolling
set hid                                 " allow switching buffers, which have unsaved changes
set showmatch                           " showmatch: Show the matching bracket for the last ')'?
set completeopt=menu,longest,preview
set confirm
"silent! helptags ALL

" smarter j & k navigation
nnoremap <expr> j v:count ? 'j' : 'gj'
nnoremap <expr> k v:count ? 'k' : 'gk'

" prompt to save new buffer, otherwise just save it.
if has("gui_running")
  :map <silent> <C-S> :if expand("%") == ""<CR>:browse confirm w<CR>:else<CR>:confirm w<CR>:endif<CR>
endif
:imap <C-C> <ESC><C-S>

" for use with vim-airline
set laststatus=2
let g:airline_powerline_fonts=0
let g:airline_symbols = {}