my custom vimrc file

.vimrc

" VIM Configuration File
" Description: Optimized for C/C++ development, but useful also for other things.
" Author: Gerhard Gappmeier
"
set exrc
set secure

execute pathogen#infect()
filetype plugin indent on
" set UTF-8 encoding
set enc=utf-8
set fenc=utf-8
set termencoding=utf-8
" disable vi compatibility (emulation of old bugs)
set nocompatible
" use indentation of previous line
set autoindent
" use intelligent indentation for C
set smartindent
" configure tabwidth and insert spaces instead of tabs
set tabstop=4 " tab width is 4 spaces
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4 " indent also with 4 spaces
set noexpandtab " dont expand tabs to spaces

autocmd FileType c set colorcolumn=80
highlight ColorColumn ctermbg=darkgray
" turn syntax highlighting on
set t_Co=256
set background=light
"let g:solarized_termcolors=256
"let g:rehash256 = 1
colorscheme solarized
syntax on
" turn line numbers on
set number
" highlight matching braces
set showmatch
" intelligent comments
set comments=sl:/*,mb:\ *,elx:\ */