my .vimrc file (mac)

.vimrc

filetype plugin indent on
syntax on

au FileType gitcommit set tw=72

" scrolling in (iTerm2)
:set mouse=a

" Spellchecking in vim
:setlocal spell spelllang=en_us

" Use spaces instead of tab
:set expandtab

" Number of spaces in tab replacement
:set tabstop=4

" Copy paste
:vmap <D-c> "*y
:imap <D-v> <ESC>"*gPa
:nmap <D-v> "*gP

" 4 space characters as tab (http://stackoverflow.com/a/1878983/1465640)
set tabstop=8 softtabstop=0 expandtab shiftwidth=4 smarttab

" Add hyphen as a word character
set iskeyword+=-

" scrolling in terminal
:set mouse=nicr

" marker at column
:set colorcolumn=73

" Auto indention
:set autoindent

" Fix backspace
:set backspace=indent,eol,start