Minimal .vimrc configuration for server use

.vimrc

set nocompatible  " Use Vim settings, rather then Vi settings
set nobackup
set nowritebackup
set history=50
set ruler         " show the cursor position all the time
set showcmd       " display incomplete commands
set incsearch     " do incremental searching
set laststatus=2  " Always display the status line

" Switch syntax highlighting on, when the terminal has colors
" Also switch on highlighting the last used search pattern.
if (&t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running")) && !exists("syntax_on")
  syntax on
endif

augroup vimrcEx
  au!

  " For all text files set 'textwidth' to 78 characters.
  autocmd FileType text setlocal textwidth=78

  " When editing a file, always jump to the last known cursor position.
  " Don't do it when the position is invalid or when inside an event handler
  " (happens when dropping a file on gvim).
  autocmd BufReadPost *
    \ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
    \   exe "normal g`\"" |
    \ endif
augroup END

" Softtabs, 2 spaces
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set expandtab

" Display extra whitespace
set list listchars=tab:»·,trail:·

highlight NonText guibg=#060606
highlight Folded  guibg=#0A0A0A guifg=#9090D0

" Numbers
set number
set numberwidth=5

" Folding
set foldmethod=syntax
set foldlevelstart=99

set wildmode=list:longest,list:full
set complete=.,w,d,i,t

"Saves time; maps the spacebar to colon
nmap <space> :

"Bubble single lines (kicks butt)
"http://vimcasts.org/episodes/bubbling-text/
nmap <C-Up> ddkP
nmap <C-Down> ddp

"Bubble multiple lines
vmap <C-Up> xkP`[V`]
vmap <C-Down> xp`[V`]

"whitespace
autocmd BufRead * silent! %s/[\r \t]\+$//
autocmd BufEnter *.rb :%s/[ \t\r]\+$//e