Basic vim config: curl -L http://git.io/kochvim > .vimrc

.vimrc

" Basic
syntax on
set nocompatible
set encoding=utf-8
set vb

" Buffers and windows
set hidden
set autoread
set shortmess+=IA
set splitright
set splitbelow

" Indendation, whitespaces and wrapping
set autoindent
set expandtab
set tabstop=2
set softtabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set nowrap
set linebreak

" Backup, swap and undo files
set undofile
set backupdir=~/.vim/tmp,.
set directory=~/.vim/tmp,.
set undodir=~/.vim/tmp,.

" Create tmp/ directory if not existing
if isdirectory($HOME . '/.vim/tmp') == 0
  :silent !mkdir -p ~/.vim/tmp >/dev/null 2>&1
endif

" Search
set nohlsearch
set ignorecase
set smartcase
set incsearch

" Better comand-line completion
set wildmenu

" Relax, a mouse can come in handy
" set mouse=a

" Sessions
set sessionoptions-=options

" Ignores
set wildignore+=*/tmp/*,*.so,*.swp,*.zip
set wildignore+=*.o,*.out,*.obj,.git,*.rbc,*.rbo,*.class,.svn,*.gem
set wildignore+=*.zip,*.tar.gz,*.tar.bz2,*.rar,*.tar.xz
set wildignore+=*/vendor/gems/*,*/vendor/cache/*,*/.bundle/*,*/.sass-cache/*
set wildignore+=*.swp,*~,._*

" Strong encryption
set cryptmethod=blowfish

" j/k moves visually
nnoremap j gj
nnoremap k gk

" Visual shifting
vnoremap < <gv
vnoremap > >gv

" Automatically resize splits when resizing window
autocmd VimResized * wincmd =

" Toggle cursor line
nnoremap <leader>cl :set invcursorline<cr>

" Toggle hlsearch with <leader>hs
nmap <leader>hs :set hlsearch! hlsearch?<cr>

" Jump to EOL/BOL in insert mode, emacs style
inoremap <c-a> <c-o>I
inoremap <c-e> <c-o>A

" Cycle buffers with tab
nmap <silent> <tab> :b#<cr>

" Navigate windows
nnoremap <c-h> <c-w>h
nnoremap <c-l> <c-w>l
nnoremap <c-j> <c-w>j
nnoremap <c-k> <c-w>k

" Scrolling
set scrolloff=1
nmap <c-u> 6<c-y>
nmap <c-d> 6<c-e>

" Keep position of cursor while yanking
" vmap y ygv<esc>

" Copy previous selection to unnamed register
xnoremap p pgvy

" Select last changed (or pasted)
" nnoremap <expr> gp '`[' . strpart(getregtype(), 0, 1) . '`]'

" Some default keybindings are akward with a german keyboard layout.
" Provide alternatives, mostly using keys not found on a US keyboard.
nmap ö {
vmap ö {
nmap Ö (
vmap Ö (
nmap ä }
vmap ä }
nmap Ä )
vmap Ä )
nmap ü ]
vmap ü ]
nmap Ü [
vmap Ü [
nnoremap <s-cr> -