My current, very minimal, .vimrc

.vimrc

set nu
set showmode
set autoindent
set smartindent
set sw=4
set ts=4
set expandtab

set hlsearch

set wildmenu
set ls=2

" fix vim colors on color limited sessions
set t_Co=256

colorscheme synic
set guifont=Monospace\ 11

" alias for cleaning up / formatting XML source
command Format %!xmllint --format -
" alias for hex view
command Hex %!xxd