My Vim Configuration

.vimrc

set nocompatible	" explicitly get out of vi compatibility mode 

set number				" enable line numbers
set ruler         " always show current position on the status line
syntax on					" turn syntax highlighting on

set encoding=utf-8

" Whitespace related
set nowrap
set tabstop=2			" how many columns a tab counts for
set shiftwidth=2	" how many columns text is indented with reindent operations
set softtabstop=2	" how many columns vim uses when hitting tab in insert mode
set expandtab			" convert tabs into appropriate number of spaces

" load the plugin and indent settings for the detected filetype
filetype plugin indent on

" Searching
set hlsearch			" highlight all search pattern matches
set incsearch			" highlight first match as you type (incremental search)
set ignorecase		" ignore case for search
set smartcase			" case-sensitive search if search contains uppercase character & ignorecase is on

" Tab Completion
set wildmode=list:longest,list:full
set wildignore+=*.o,*.obj,.git,*.rbc,*.class,.svn,vendor/gems/*

" Status Bar
set laststatus=2  " always show the status bar
set statusline=%t\ %r\ %y\ format:\ %{&ff};\ [%c,%l]  " Format statusbar http://vim.runpaint.org/display/changing-status-line/

" Pathogen
call pathogen#infect()
call pathogen#helptags()

" Leader key
let mapleader=","

" 78 column layout
set textwidth=78  " set maximum characterwidth to be 78
 
if exists('+colorcolumn')
  set colorcolumn=78  " show a marker as a guide
endif

" Thorfile, Rakefile, Vagrantfile and Gemfile are Ruby
au BufRead,BufNewFile {Gemfile,Rakefile,Vagrantfile,Thorfile,config.ru} set ft=ruby

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

" show partial commands in the status line
set showcmd

" make Vim look pretty in iTerm2
set t_Co=256

" GUI Font
if has('gui_macvim')
  set guifont=Inconsolata-g:h18  " use this font
  set guioptions=egmrt           " don't show toolbar
endif

" Solarized
syntax enable
if has('gui_macvim')
  set background=light
  colorscheme solarized
else
  set background=dark
endif