Just a simple vimrc

.vimrc

" Use Vim settings, rather then Vi settings (much better!).
set nocompatible

" Turn on the verboseness to see everything vim is doing.
"set verbose=9

" allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set backspace=indent,eol,start


" I like 4 spaces for indenting
set shiftwidth=4

" I like 4 stops
set tabstop=4

" Spaces instead of tabs
set expandtab

" Always  set auto indenting on
set autoindent

" select when using the mouse
set selectmode=mouse

" set the commandheight
set cmdheight=2

" show position
set ruler

" syntax color scheme
colo desert

" syntax color
syntax on