minimal .vimrc

.vimrc

set nocompatible

"to get the File, Open dialog box to default to the current file's directory
set browsedir=buffer 

" Change Working Directory to that of the current file
cmap cwd lcd %:p:h
cmap cd. lcd %:p:h
cmap w!! w !sudo tee % >/dev/null

"show linenumbers
set number
" Enable syntax highlighting // < the command is not available in this version: syntax on
" syntax on
" Automatically indent when adding a curly bracket, etc.
set smartindent

" Tabs should be converted to a group of 4 spaces.
" This is the official Python convention
" (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/)
" I didn't find a good reason to not use it everywhere.
set shiftwidth=4
set tabstop=4
set expandtab
set smarttab

" Use UTF-8.
set encoding=utf-8

" colorsheme:
" desert
" molokai
" etc.
" if has("gui_running")
"    colorscheme desert
"else
"    colorscheme darkblue
"endif

" Status line
" Always display the status line, even if only one window is displayed
set laststatus=2
set statusline=
set statusline+=%-3.3n\ " buffer number
set statusline+=%f\ " filename
set statusline+=%h%m%r%w " status flags
set statusline+=\[%{strlen(&ft)?&ft:'none'}] " file type
set statusline+=%= " right align remainder
set statusline+=0x%-8B " character value
set statusline+=%-14(%l,%c%V%) " line, character
set statusline+=%<%P " file position 

" Show line number, cursor position.
set ruler
" Enable mouse use in all modes
set mouse=a
" Display incomplete commands.
set showcmd
" Search as you type.
set incsearch
" Ignore case when searching.
set ignorecase
" Show autocomplete menus.
set wildmenu
" Show editing mode
set showmode

"""" Key Bindings 
" move vertically by visual line (don't skip wrapped lines)
nmap j gj
nmap k gk