My Solarized and more modern vimrc

.vimrc

" ONE TIME SETUP
" Write this file to ~/.vimrc, if it doesn't exist, create it

" You might need to install extras (ex: get syntax highlighting on raspberry pi)
" sudo apt-get install vim-gui-common
" sudo apt-get install vim-runtime

" On Ubuntu, you might need to use "sudo update-alternatives --config editor" to change to vi

" For more, visit github: simonista
" THAT DOES IT FOR ONE TIME SETUP

" Don't try to be vi compatible (fix raspberry pi trouble with US keyboard)
set nocompatible

" Helps force plugins to load correctly when it is turned back on below
filetype off

" Syntax hilighting
syntax on

" For plugins to load correctly
filetype plugin indent on

" Security
set modelines=0

" Show line numbers
set number

" Show file stats
set ruler

" Blink cursor on error instead of beeping (grr)
set visualbell

" Encoding
set encoding=utf-8

" Whitespace
set wrap
set textwidth=79
set formatoptions=tcqrn1
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set softtabstop=2
set expandtab
set noshiftround

" Cursor motion
set scrolloff=3
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set matchpairs+=<:> " use % to jump between pairs
runtime! macros/matchit.vim

" Move up/down editor lines
nnoremap j gj
nnoremap k gk

" Allow hidden buffers
set hidden

" Rendering
set ttyfast

" Status bar
set laststatus=2

" Last line
set showmode
set showcmd

" Searching
nnoremap / /\v
vnoremap / /\v
set hlsearch
set incsearch
set ignorecase
set smartcase
set showmatch
map <leader><space> :let @/=''<cr> " clear search

" Remap help key.
inoremap <F1> <ESC>:set invfullscreen<CR>a
nnoremap <F1> :set invfullscreen<CR>
vnoremap <F1> :set invfullscreen<CR>

" Formatting
map <leader>q gqip

" Visualize tabs and newlines
set listchars=tab:▸\ ,eol:¬

" Color scheme (terminal)
set t_Co=256
set background=dark
let g:solarized_termcolors=256
let g:solarized_termtrans=1