Some useful vimrc settings

.vimrc

""" Settings
imap \ymd <C-R>=strftime("%Y.%m.%d")
imap \date <C-R>=strftime("%c")
imap \vimss :s/\s\+$//<CR>i

set nocompatible                    " Don't care about vi compatibility
set backupdir=~/.vim/backup         " Backup - specify directory
set directory=~/.vim/backup
set backup

""Display
set showcmd         " display incomplete commands at bottom of screen
set ruler           " show the cursor position all the time
set number          " show line numbers
set showmatch       " highlight matching parens
set scrolloff=3     " keep 3 lines above and below cursor

syntax on           " syntax highlighting
colorscheme default
set wildmenu
"set background=dark  "use if background is dark

""Searching
set incsearch       " do incremental searching
set hlsearch        " highlight searches

""Editing

" So delete isn't broken
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set formatoptions-=tc " autoformatting is inconvenient
set tabstop=4       "width of tabs
set shiftwidth=4    "indent width
set noexpandtab
set smarttab
set smartindent
set autoindent      " always set autoindenting on

""Misc.
set history=100     " keep 100 lines of command line history
set wildignore+=*.log,*.out,*.o    "completion ignores these extensions
set wildignore+=*.pyc,*.zip,*.gz,*.bz,*.tar,*.jpg,*.png,*.gif,*.avi,*.wmv,*.ogg,*.mp3,*.mov

"""Movement
nnoremap ; gt
nnoremap ' gT

" sensibly navigate wrapped lines
noremap j gj
noremap k gk

" Just a few emacs bindings...
inoremap <C-A> <Home>
inoremap <C-E> <End>
cnoremap <C-A> <Home>
cnoremap <C-E> <End>
nnoremap <C-A> <Home>
nnoremap <C-E> <End>
vnoremap <C-A> <Home>
vnoremap <C-E> <End>