Moreover, and probably worse, each specific configuration increases the distance between your daily Vim-fu and the one you'll have to use on another user or another machine. And these occasions have been, in my experience, those when great Vim-fu was the most critical (eg. trying to keep your hand on a dying server on a flooded connection, or showing off your skills on your boss's Mac during plane trip). All this holds for bashrc too. The closest to the default is the best, to some extent.

I take vimrc posts as good occasions to proofread mine and remove all unused stuff. I just commented out a very weird "set notagbsearch" which was probably killing my <ctrl>-].

It's best to store your .vimrc + .vim/ folder on GitHub or a thumb-drive for easy restoration rather than crippling yourself with a limited configuration. Someone else mentioned Homesick (https://github.com/technicalpickles/homesick) which works really well.

I have the classic things about backspace, black background, statusbar, hlsearch, autocomplete, etc.

Then I have a few shortcuts on <Function keys>, because these cannot override other bindings. The most important is <F9> linked to pastetoggle.

I also have some specific settings for my current main language (Python).

I try to avoid rebinding normal keys because it can kill you when you get used to your tweaks and have to use another instance, but one thing I do is imap <ins> <Nop>, because I hate being suddenly thrown in replace mode.

Plugins I have grep.vim linked to <F3> and I'm currently trying NERD_commenter.vim on <F6>

https://github.com/sjl/dotfiles/blob/master/vim/.vimrc

https://github.com/cloudhead/dotfiles/blob/master/.vimrc

https://github.com/rtomayko/dotfiles/blob/rtomayko/.vimrc

https://github.com/nvie/vimrc/blob/master/vimrc

https://github.com/vgod/vimrc/blob/master/vimrc

https://github.com/spf13/spf13-vim/blob/master/.vimrc

tons of extensions and custom bindings. good README.

    set undofile

    " Vim 7.3, now with persistent undo
    set undofile
    set undodir=$HOME/.vim_undo,/tmp

As the comment suggests, the undo feature is only 7.3 or better.

    " Insert single char (repeatable)
    function! RepeatChar(char, count)
        return repeat(a:char, a:count)
    endfunction
    nnoremap <silent> s :<C-U>exec "normal i".RepeatChar(nr2char(getchar()), v:count1)<CR>
    nnoremap <silent> S :<C-U>exec "normal a".RepeatChar(nr2char(getchar()), v:count1)<CR>

    " Run current file if it has a shebang
    function! <SID>CallInterpreter()
        if match(getline(1), '^\#!') == 0
            let l:interpreter = getline(1)[2:]
            exec ("!".l:interpreter." %:p")
        else
            echohl ErrorMsg | echo "Err: No shebang present in file, canceling execution" | echohl None
        endif
    endfun
    map <F5> :call <SID>CallInterpreter()<CR>

    " Toggle line numbering modes
    " Default to relativenumber in newer vim, otherwise regular numbering
    if v:version >= 703
        set relativenumber
        let s:relativenumber = 0
        function! <SID>ToggleRelativeNumber()
            if s:relativenumber == 0
                set number
                let s:relativenumber = 1
            elseif s:relativenumber == 1
                set relativenumber
                let s:relativenumber = 2
            else
                set norelativenumber
                let s:relativenumber = 0
            endif
        endfunction
        map <silent><F10> :call <SID>ToggleRelativeNumber()<CR>
    else
        set number
    endif

  autocmd VimEnter * call<SID>LayoutWindows()

  function! s:LayoutWindows()
    execute 'NERDTree'
    let nerdtree_buffer = bufnr(t:NERDTreeBufName)
    execute 'wincmd q'
    execute 'Tlist'
    execute 'wincmd h'
    execute 'split'
    execute 'b' . nerdtree_buffer

    let mbe_window = bufwinnr("-MiniBufExplorer-")
    if mbe_window != -1
      execute mbe_window . "wincmd w"
      execute 'wincmd K'
    endif

    execute 'resize +20'
    execute 'wincmd l'
  endfunction

https://github.com/Pewpewarrows/dotfiles/blob/master/home/.v...

https://github.com/technicalpickles/homesick

The fact that they cannot be answered objectively doesn't make them less useful, and contrary to what is stated in the FAQ, the question and answers model is perfectly suited to this type of question.

Don't get me started on the idea to have separate "sites" for every topic. It creates a lot of noise, confuses beginners and serves no practical purposes that tags can't fulfil.

http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/25925/vim-questions-...

   cnoreabbrev Wq wq
   cnoreabbrev W w

Here's my .vimrc: https://github.com/ElbertF/dotfiles/blob/master/.vimrc

  ZZ

  " Split windows/multiple files
  " use <Ctrl>+s to split the current window
  nmap <C-S> <C-W>s
  " use <Ctrl>+j/<Ctrl>+k to move up/down through split windows
  nmap <C-J> <C-W>j
  nmap <C-K> <C-W>k
  " use <Ctrl>+-/<Ctrl>+= to maximise/equalise the size of split windows
  nmap <C--> <C-W>_
  nmap <C-=> <C-W>=
  " use <Ctrl>+h/<Ctrl>+l to move back/forth through files:
  nmap <C-L> :next<CR>
  nmap <C-H> :prev<CR>

With it it's much easier to keep plugins separate and encourages putting your own tweaks in custom plugins.

for others that don't want to mess around with vimrc configs (although its fun)just give it a shot and hopefully, and will happifly accept an contribution

git clone git://github.com/carlhuda/janus.git

(don't forget to rake it after)

https://github.com/wallace/vim_config

  "	Shift-Alt-S    -- (C++) - change the current    word/identifier in a quoted
  " string to an ostream expression.
  " For example, put the  cursor on on the 'xxx' in:
  "       cout << "value = xxx\n";
  " hit Shift-Alt-S and it changes to:
  "       cout << "value = " << xxx << "\n";
  inoremap <S-A-s> <Esc>lbdei" << <Esc>pa << "<Esc>bb
  inoremap ^[S     <Esc>lbdei" << <Esc>pa << "<Esc>bb
   noremap <S-A-s>      lbdei" << <Esc>pa << "<Esc>bb
   noremap ^[S          lbdei" << <Esc>pa << "<Esc>bb
  onoremap <S-A-s> <C-c>lbdei" << <Esc>pa << "<Esc>bb
  onoremap ^[S     <C-c>lbdei" << <Esc>pa << "<Esc>bb

  function! g:Find(...)
      let subexpr = 'substitute(v:val, ".*", "\"&\" 0: found", "")'
      let found = join(map(split(system('find ' . join(a:000, ' ')), '\n'), subexpr), "\n")
      exec 'lgete "' fnameescape(found) '" | lop'
  endfunction

  command! -nargs=+ Find call g:Find(<f-args>)

I use splits heavily, and these mappings for navigating and resizing splits are indispensable:

  nnoremap <C-K> <C-W>k
  nnoremap <C-J> <C-W>j
  nnoremap <C-H> <C-W>h
  nnoremap <C-L> <C-W>l
  nnoremap _ 3<C-W><LT>
  nnoremap + 3<C-W>>

make sure I'm scrolling visual lines, not real lines

    noremap j gj
    noremap k gk

    noremap <C-l> gt
    noremap <C-h> gT

    set incsearch
    set hlsearch

    let g:inkpot_black_background = 1
    colors inkpot

    if ! isdirectory(expand('~/vimtmp'))
        call mkdir(expand('~/vimtmp'))
    endif
    if isdirectory(expand('~/vimtmp'))
        set directory=~/vimtmp
    else
        set directory=.,/var/tmp,/tmp
    endif

  nnoremap \ta <Esc>:tab ball<CR>

Obligatory comment about the tabbar not being a replacement for :ls. Many things in Vim don't respect the one buffer = one tab paradigm.

  "	Shift-Alt-Z    #-comment range 's,'d
  inoremap <S-A-z> <Esc>:'s,'ds/^/#/g<CR>:noh<CR>
  inoremap ^[Z     <Esc>:'s,'ds/^/#/g<CR>:noh<CR>
   noremap <S-A-z>      :'s,'ds/^/#/g<CR>:noh<CR>
   noremap ^[Z          :'s,'ds/^/#/g  <CR>:noh<CR>
  onoremap <S-A-z> <C-c>:'s,'ds/^/#/g<CR>:noh<CR>
  onoremap ^[Z     <C-c>:'s,'ds/^/#/g<CR>:noh<CR>

  " Automagically save files when focus is lost
  autocmd BufLeave,FocusLost silent! wall

  " Highlight whitespace at the end of a line
  highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=Black guibg=Black
  match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
  autocmd BufWinEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
  autocmd InsertEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+\%#\@<!$/
  autocmd InsertLeave * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
  autocmd BufWinLeave * call clearmatches()

  " Disable man key
  nnoremap K <nop>

Without modal interface vim is just another editor. Modal is fundamental to vim's power.

http://cream.sourceforge.net/

It is also possible to enable traditional Vim input using expert mode, CUA is retained in insert mode making it very easy for anyone not familiar with Vim to get started and transition.

   set switchbuf=useopen,usetab

   autocmd BufReadPost * normal `"

That's too much effort? Enjoy your default configs with no syntax highlighting etc.

    nore ; :
    nore , ;

  nore <Space> :

Try using <space> instead. The default binding is useless for the largest key.

<Esc> is one of the most frequent commands, no reason it should be on one of the farthest keys.

     $ xmodmap -e "clear lock"; xmodmap -e "keycode 0x42 = Escape"

    # .Xmodmap:
    keycode 66 = F10
    clear Lock

    # .vimrc
    imap <F10> <ESC>
    nmap <F10> i

  C-c works in most cases
  C-] works always

  dfranke@ancalagon:~$ ls ~/.vimrc
  ls: cannot access /home/dfranke/.vimrc: No such file or directory

http://www.jedberg.net/vimrc

Keep it simple :)