Basic .vimrc example

.vimrc.talk

" Highlight searches
set hlsearch

" Case sensitivity
set ignorecase
set smartcase

" Automatic Indenting
set autoindent

" Enable use of the mouse
set mouse=a

" Display line numbers on the left
set number

" Indentation settings 
" set shiftwidth=2 " How far using >> indents text
" set softtabstop=2 " How many columns vim inserts when you hit tab
" set expandtab " Hitting tab will insert spaces

" Sets how many lines of history VIM has to remember
set history=700

" Makes search act like search in modern browsers
set incsearch

" Make undo's persistent across vim closes
set undofile 

" Start scrolling before you hit bottom
set scrolloff=8 

" Replace all matches in a line by default
set gdefault

" Allows backspace to delete characters before the insert location
set backspace=2