My current vim configuration.

.vimrc

"===== Using this configuration. ====="

" This configuration expects Vim to be ran through gVim and requires pathogen to
" be installed as well.

" It also requires the following plugins in order to function as expected:

" * ctrlp.vim - https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim
" * vim-colorschemes - https://github.com/flazz/vim-colorschemes
" * vim-bbye - https://github.com/moll/vim-bbye

" Finally, the default font for this config is Source Code Pro created by Adobe
" which is both free and open-source.

" Source Code Pro is located at: https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro

"===== Startup ====="

"Invoke pathogen."
call pathogen#infect()

"===== Options ====="

"Set encoding to 'latin1'."
"set encoding=latin1"

"Fix backspace."
set backspace=2

"Setup local .vimrc inclusion."
set exrc
set secure

"GUI options."
winpos 0 0
set number
set guifont=Source_Code_Pro:h14:cANSI
set guioptions-=m "Hide menu."
set guioptions-=T "Hide toolbar."
set guioptions-=r "Hide right-hand scrollbar."
set guioptions-=L "Hide left-hand scrollbar."

"Text options."
set expandtab
set smartindent
set shiftwidth=2
set softtabstop=2
set colorcolumn=80
set nowrap

"Syntax-highlighting options and color-scheme."
syntax on

set bg=dark"
"colors bluedrake"
"colors monokai"
"colors darkrobot"
"colors dusk"
"colors inkpot"
"colors oceandeep"
"colors pacific"
"colors sexy-railscasts"
"colors solarized"
"colors seoul256"
colors gruvbox

"set bg=light"
"colors saturn"
"colors sf"
"colors stackoverflow"
"colors github"

"Set ctrlp.vim options and shortcuts."
let g:ctrlp_map='<c-p>'
let g:ctrlp_cmd='CtrlP'
let g:ctrlp_working_path_mode=0

"===== Shortcuts ====="

"Set custom navigational shortcuts."
noremap h <NOP>
noremap j <Left>
noremap k <Down>
noremap l <Up>
noremap <Char-0x00F6> <Right>

"Set custom window shortcuts."
nnoremap <C-w>h <NOP>
nnoremap <C-w>j <C-w><C-h>
nnoremap <C-w>k <C-w><C-j>
nnoremap <C-w>l <C-w><C-k>
nnoremap <C-w><Char-0x00F6> <C-w><C-l>
nnoremap <C-w>J <C-w><
nnoremap <C-w>K <C-w>-
nnoremap <C-w>L <C-w>+
nnoremap <C-w><Char-0x00D6> <C-w>>

"Set to-do shortcut."
nnoremap <C-a>t :noautocmd vimgrep /\ctodo/j **/*<CR>:cw<CR><C-w>p

"Setup git-related shortcuts."
nnoremap <C-g>s :GitStatus<CR>
nnoremap <C-g>p :GitPush<Space>
nnoremap <C-g>P :GitPull<Space>
nnoremap <C-g>c :GitCommit<Space>
nnoremap <C-g>C :GitCheckout<Space>
nnoremap <C-g>m :GitMerge<Space>

"===== Commands ====="

"Set custom shell commands."
command! -nargs=* -range=0 -complete=file Shell call RunAndEcho(<q-args>)
command! -nargs=* -range=0 -complete=file Cmd   call RunAndEcho(<q-args>)

"Create custom command for reloading the vimrc file."
command! Reload so $MYVIMRC

"Create custom helper commands."
command! NT         NERDTreeFind
command! LS         call RunAndEcho("ls -hl")
command! ShowMenu   set guioptions+=m
command! HideMenu   set guioptions-=m
command! EX         call system("explorer .")
command! BD         Bdelete

"Set custom git commands and shortcuts."
command! -nargs=* GitStatus     call RunAndEcho("git status", <q-args>)
command! -nargs=* GitPull       call RunAndEcho("git pull", <q-args>)
command! -nargs=* GitPush       call RunAndEcho("git push", <q-args>)
command! -nargs=* GitCommit     call RunAndEcho("git commit", <q-args>)
command! -nargs=* GitCheckout   call RunAndEcho("git checkout", <q-args>)
command! -nargs=* GitMerge      call RunAndEcho("git merge", <q-args>)

"===== Functions ====="

"Define the command-shell echo helper."
function! RunAndEcho(...)
    let command = ''
    for part in a:000
        let command .= part . ' '
    endfor

    echo command
    echo system(command)
endfunction