My current .vimrc file

.vimrc

" vimrc based on https://github.com/amix/vimrc/blob/master/vimrcs/basic.vim
" written by SteelPh0enix

" Set how many lines of history are remembered
set history=500

" Enable filetype plugins
filetype plugin on
filetype indent on

" dark background
set background=dark

" Set auto-read when file is changed from outside
set autoread
au FocusGained,BufEnter * checktime

" Set mapleader for shortcuts
let mapleader = ","

" Leader shortcuts
nmap <leader>w :w<cr>

" set endline to unix
set ffs=unix,dos,mac

" Enable syntax colouring
syntax enable

" Enable wildmenu
set wildmenu

" show line numbers
set number
set relativenumber

" Always show current position in file
set ruler

" fix the backspace
set backspace=eol,start,indent
set whichwrap+=<,>,h,l

" Search settings
set smartcase
set ignorecase
set hlsearch
set incsearch

" Don't redraw while executing macros
set lazyredraw

" Magic for regex
set magic

" Highlight matching brackets
set showmatch

" Standard encoding
set encoding=utf8

" Disable backups
set nobackup
set nowb
set noswapfile

" Tab settings
set expandtab " spaces instead of tabs
set smarttab
set shiftwidth=4
set tabstop=4

" linebreak on 100 characters
set lbr
set tw=100

set ai " auto-indent
set si " smart indent
set wrap " wrap lines

" Visual mode pressing * or # searches for the current selection
" Super useful! From an idea by Michael Naumann
vnoremap <silent> * :<C-u>call VisualSelection('', '')<CR>/<C-R>=@/<CR><CR>
vnoremap <silent> # :<C-u>call VisualSelection('', '')<CR>?<C-R>=@/<CR><CR>

" Map <Space> to / (search) and Ctrl-<Space> to ? (backwards search)
map <space> /
map <C-space> ?

" Disable highlight when <leader><cr> is pressed
map <silent> <leader><cr> :noh<cr>

" Status line
set laststatus=2
set statusline=\ %{HasPaste()}%F%m%r%h\ %w\ \ CWD:\ %r%{getcwd()}%h\ \ \ Line:\ %l\ \ Column:\ %c

" helper functions

function! VisualSelection(direction, extra_filter) range
    let l:saved_reg = @"
    execute "normal! vgvy"

    let l:pattern = escape(@", "\\/.*'$^~[]")
    let l:pattern = substitute(l:pattern, "\n$", "", "")

    if a:direction == 'gv'
        call CmdLine("Ack '" . l:pattern . "' " )
    elseif a:direction == 'replace'
        call CmdLine("%s" . '/'. l:pattern . '/')
    endif

    let @/ = l:pattern
    let @" = l:saved_reg
endfunction

function! HasPaste()
    if &paste
        return 'PASTE MODE  '
    endif
    return ''
endfunction