Some Important VIMRC configuration

vimrc.local

" Turn syntax highlighting on.
syntax on

" Set tab width to 4 columns.
set tabstop=4

" Set shift width to 4 spaces.
set shiftwidth=4

set autoindent

" Use space characters instead of tabs.
set expandtab

set smarttab

set softtabstop=0

" Highlight cursor line underneath the cursor horizontally.
set cursorline

set mouse=r
" Limit the files searched for auto-completes.
set complete-=i

set backspace=indent,eol,start

set display+=lastline
set autoread

set encoding=utf-8
set fileencoding=utf-8
set fileencodings=utf-8

" Disable compatibility with vi which can cause unexpected issues.
set nocompatible

" Enable type file detection. Vim will be able to try to detect the type of file is use.
filetype on

" Enable plugins and load plugin for the detected file type.
filetype plugin on

" Load an indent file for the detected file type.
filetype indent on

" Ignore capital letters during search.
set ignorecase

" Show the mode you are on the last line.
set showmode

" Show matching words during a search.
set showmatch

" Use highlighting when doing a search.
set hlsearch

" Enable auto completion menu after pressing TAB.
set wildmenu

" Make wildmenu behave like similar to Bash completion.
set wildmode=list:longest

" There are certain files that we would never want to edit with Vim.
" Wildmenu will ignore files with these extensions.
set wildignore=*.docx,*.jpg,*.png,*.gif,*.pdf,*.pyc,*.exe,*.flv,*.img,*.xlsx

" STATUS LINE ------------------------------------------------------------ {{{

" Clear status line when vimrc is reloaded.
set statusline=

" Status line left side.
set statusline+=\ %F\ %M\ %Y\ %R

" Use a divider to separate the left side from the right side.
set statusline+=%=

" Status line right side.
set statusline+=\ ascii:\ %b\ hex:\ 0x%B\ row:\ %l\ col:\ %c\ percent:\ %p%%

" Show the status on the second to last line.
set laststatus=2

" }}}