I just keep swap files and backup ones in my .vim/ directory set backupdir=~/.vim/backup set backup set directory=~/.vim/tmp This to see line numbers on

I just keep swap files and backup ones in my .vim/ directory set backupdir=~/.vim/backup set backup set directory=~/.vim/tmp This to see line numbers on the left (i find it a bit more readable instead of watching at the bottom-right) set number added a simple way to speedup my writing with (I know it's crappy but it works ...until you need to add just one bracket/quote) " autocomplete parenthesis, brackets and braces inoremap ( ()<Left> inoremap [ []<Left> inoremap { {}<Left> " autocomplete quotes inoremap ' '<Esc>:call QuoteInsertionWrapper("'")<CR>a inoremap " "<Esc>:call QuoteInsertionWrapper('"')<CR>a inoremap ` `<Esc>:call QuoteInsertionWrapper('`')<CR>a function! QuoteInsertionWrapper (quote) let col = col('.') if getline('.')[col-2] !~ '\k' && getline('.')[col] !~ '\k' normal ax exe "normal r".a:quote."h" end endfunction and mapped f1/f2 to switch buffer noremap <f1> :bprev!<CR> noremap <f2> :bnext!<CR> Some of this wall of text was stolen from a nice, but a bit too big, vimrc i found somewhere If you need something specific try http://vim.wikia.com/ http://vim.wikia.com/