[majjam]

Would you mind sharing it? Im just getting to grips with vim so any pointers towards some simple improvements would be much appreciated.

[jstanley]

Sure:

  set ts=4
  set sw=4
  set softtabstop=4
  set expandtab
  set hlsearch
  set incsearch
  set wildmode=longest,list

OK, only 7 lines then :)

Basically: tabs are 4 spaces, searching works better, and tab completion works like bash.

[tambourine_man]

Oh no, I need at the very least timeoutlen, visualbell and line number. I type that manually when I SSH if I must. Don't want to wait for ESC, no beeps at all and I wanna know where I am on the document.

And lots more is needed for decent Vim IMO. smartcase, set hidden, etc.

[majjam]

Thank you!

[gsinclair]

Take a look at the vim-sensible plugin. No need to install it, just see what the generally agreed sensible settings are.

[DiabloD3]

Most of vim-sensible is already default or equivalent on Neovim, fwiw.