My .vimrc, optimized for python development.

.vimrc

set enc=utf-8
set title
set titlestring=%f%(\ [%M]%)
set nocompatible
set cmdheight=2

" Enhanced command menu ctrl + d to expand dirs
set wildmenu
set wildignore+=*.pyc,.svn,.DS_Store

" jj as mode switch
map! jj <ESC>

" hide the backup and swap files
set backupdir=~/.vim/backups,.,/tmp
set directory=~/.vim/swap,.,/tmp
"set backupskip=... Didn't know what to set this too

syntax on
set background=dark
"set cursorline
"set number
set nonumber

set modeline " Allow file inline modelines

filetype on
filetype plugin indent on

set expandtab
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4

set ruler
set laststatus=2

" Highlight bad whitespace
highlight BadWhitespace ctermbg=red guibg=red
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.py match BadWhitespace /^\ \+/
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.py match BadWhitespace /\s\+$/

set showcmd             " Show (partial) command in status line.
set showmatch       " Show matching brackets.
set matchtime=4
set ignorecase      " Do case insensitive matching
set smartcase       " Do smart case matching
set incsearch       " Incremental search
set autowrite       " Automatically save before commands like :next and :make
set nohidden            " Hide buffers when they are abandoned
set mouse=a         " Enable mouse usage (all modes)

set equalalways
"set foldmethod=indent

"au BufWinLeave * silent mkview
"au BufWinEnter * silent loadview