My basic vimrc file to configure Vim

vimrc

" This is a vimrc file.
" Comments start with a double quote

" Key ASCII:
" 9: HT, 10: LF, 13: CR
" 32- 64:  !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@
" 65- 96: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`
" 97-126: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~

" Disable compatibility with vi because it can cause unexpected issues
set nocompatible

" Enable file type detection
filetype on
filetype plugin on
syntax on

" Turn on line numbers
set number

" Highlight the cursor
set cursorline
" set cursorcolumn " too annoying for me

" Indentation
set tabstop=2      " hard tab size
set softtabstop=2  " soft tab size
set shiftwidth=2   " indent size
set expandtab      " use spaces instead of tabs
set autoindent     " use indent from current line for next

" Turn off auto backups
set nobackup

" Highlight chars as you type while searching through a file incrementally
set incsearch

" Ignore case during search
set smartcase

" Show the Vim mode at the bottom left
set showmode

" Status line at the bottom right
set statusline=
set statusline+=\ %F\ %M\ %Y\ %R
set statusline+=%=
set statusline+=\ Char\ %b\ (0x%B)\ \ Ln\ %l\ Col\ %c\ \ File\ %p%%
set laststatus=2