Ideal configurations for VimRC

vimrc.file

cat .vimrc 
" ================ Turn on syntax highlighting
syntax on

" ================ For plugins to load correctly
filetype plugin indent on

" ================ Show line numbers
set number

" ================ Show file stats
set ruler

" ================ Encoding
set encoding=utf-8

" ================ Turn Off Swap Files ==============
set noswapfile
set nobackup
set nowb

" ================ Whitespace
set wrap
set textwidth=79
set formatoptions=tcqrn1
set noshiftround
set linebreak    "Wrap lines at convenient points


" ================ Allow backspacing over autoindent, line breaks and start of insert action
set backspace=indent,eol,start


" ================ Indentation ======================
set autoindent
set smartindent
set smarttab
set shiftwidth=2
set softtabstop=2
set tabstop=2
set expandtab

" ================= Allow hidden buffers
set hidden

" ================= Rendering
set ttyfast

" ================= Status bar
set laststatus=2

" ================= Last line
set showmode
set showcmd

set autoread                    "Reload files changed outside vim
set visualbell                  "No sounds
set hidden
set confirm 

" Better command-line completion
set wildmenu

" ================= Searching
nnoremap / /\v
vnoremap / /\v
set hlsearch
set incsearch
set ignorecase
set smartcase
set showmatch
map <leader><space> :let @/=''<cr> " clear search

" ================ Scrolling ========================
set scrolloff=8         "Start scrolling when we're 8 lines away from margins
set sidescrolloff=15
set sidescroll=1


" ================ END