Minimal .vimrc for servers

.vimrc_minimal

source /etc/vim/vimrc

" use jj to quickly escape to normal mode while typing
inoremap jj <ESC>

" press ; to issue commands in normal mode (no more shift holding)
nnoremap ; :

" move by screen lines, not by real lines - great for creative writing
nnoremap j gj
nnoremap k gk

" also in visual mode
xnoremap j gj
xnoremap k gk

" automatically jump to last misspelled word and attempt replacing it
noremap <C-l> [sz=

" for when you mess up and hold shift too long (using ! to prevent errors while
" sourcing vimrc after it was updated)
command! W w
command! WQ wq
command! Wq wq
command! Q q

" changing file types:
command! DOS  set ff=dos  " force windows style line endings
command! UNIX set ff=unix " force unix style line endings
command! MAC  set ff=mac  " force mac style line endings

" enable line numbers
set number

" hilight cursor line and cursor column markers
set cursorline

" save more in undo history
set history=1000
set undolevels=1000000

" Syntax highlighting
syntax on
filetype on
filetype indent on
filetype plugin on
filetype plugin indent on

" no swap files
set noswapfile
set nobackup
set nowb

" disable beeping
set noerrorbells
set visualbell

" Change the leader key to <space>
nnoremap <space> <nop>
let mapleader="\<space>"