This is mostly for my own benefit, so I can copy/paste it when I'm setting up a new system:

set nocompatible
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set smarttab
set expandtab
set softtabstop=4
set autoindent
set smartindent

set showcmd
set hlsearch
set incsearch
set ruler
set visualbell t_vb=
set nobackup
set ignorecase
set ttyfast
set sm
syntax on
set background=dark
set virtualedit=all

set backspace=indent,eol,start

set dir=~/.vim/swap

com Q q
com W w
com Wq wq
com WQ wq