A simple custom vimrc

custom.vimrc

set showcmd					" Show (partial) command in status line.
set showmatch				" Show matching brackets.
set smartcase				" Do smart case matching
set incsearch				" Incremental search
set mouse=a					" Enable mouse usage (all modes)
set encoding=utf-8			" Set default file encoding
syntax on					" Enable syntax highlighting
filetype plugin indent on	" When loading a syntax plugin, load filetype indent rules

" These are default on our servers but not necessarily elsewhere

set expandtab				" 'Soft tabs'
set tabstop=4				" The width to display a literal \t as
set shiftwidth=4			" When indenting/unindenting with << / >>, shfit by 4
set softtabstop=4			" 'Soft tabs' indent by 4 spaces