Added vimrc and README

Author: Bhavneet Singh

.vimrc

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+" This must be first, because it changes other options as side effect
+set nocompatible
+
+" Use pathogen to easily modify the runtime path to include all
+" plugins under the ~/.vim/bundle directory
+" call pathogen#helptags()
+" call pathogen#runtime_append_all_bundles()
+
+" change the mapleader from \ to ,
+let mapleader=","
+
+" Quickly edit/reload the vimrc file
+nmap <silent> <leader>ev :e $MYVIMRC<CR>
+nmap <silent> <leader>sv :so $MYVIMRC<CR>
+
+" It hides buffers instead of closing them. This means that you can 
+" have unwritten changes to a file and open a new file using :e, 
+" without being forced to write or undo your changes first. Also, 
+" undo buffers and marks are preserved while the buffer is open.
+set hidden
+
+set nowrap        " don't wrap lines
+set tabstop=2     " a tab is four spaces
+set backspace=indent,eol,start
+                  " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
+set autoindent    " always set autoindenting on
+set copyindent    " copy the previous indentation on autoindenting
+set number        " always show line numbers
+set shiftwidth=2  " number of spaces to use for autoindenting
+set shiftround    " use multiple of shiftwidth when indenting with '<' and '>'
+set showmatch     " set show matching parenthesis
+set ignorecase    " ignore case when searching
+set smartcase     " ignore case if search pattern is all lowercase,
+                  "    case-sensitive otherwise
+                  "    shiftwidth, not tabstop
+set smarttab      " insert tabs on the start of a line according to
+                  "    shiftwidth, not tabstop
+set hlsearch      " highlight search terms
+set incsearch     " show search matches as you type
+
+set history=1000         " remember more commands and search history
+set undolevels=1000      " use many muchos levels of undo
+set wildignore=*.swp,*.bak,*.pyc,*.class
+set title                " change the terminal's title
+set visualbell           " don't beep
+set noerrorbells         " don't beep
+
+" Comment in the following lines to turn off swap files during crashes
+" set nobackup
+" set noswapfile
+
+" This enables vim to load plugins, settings or key mappings that 
+" are only useful in the context of specific file types
+filetype plugin indent on
+
+" Set some file type specific settings
+if has('autocmd')
+  autocmd filetype python set expandtab
+endif
+
+" Syntax highlighting
+if &t_Co >= 256 || has("gui_running")
+"   colorscheme mustang
+endif
+
+if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running")
+   " switch syntax highlighting on, when the terminal has colors
+   syntax on
+endif
+
+" Highlight whitespace in a convenient way
+" set list
+" set listchars=tab:>.,trail:.,extends:#,nbsp:.
+
+" Disable tab display for HTML & XML files
+autocmd filetype html,xml set listchars-=tab:>.
+
+" Press F2 to switch into paste mode and paste large copy buffer
+set pastetoggle=<F2>
+
+" ; works contextually the same as : 
+nnoremap ; :
+
+" Use Q for formatting the current paragraph (or selection)
+vmap Q gq
+nmap Q gqap
+
+" Skip to the next row, instead of next newline
+nnoremap j gj
+nnoremap k gk
+
+" Easy window navigation
+map <C-h> <C-w>h
+map <C-j> <C-w>j
+map <C-k> <C-w>k
+map <C-l> <C-w>l
+
+" Silence search history
+" Clear it with ,/ command
+nmap <silent> ,/ :nohlsearch<CR>
+
+" Save as sudo if file not opened with sudo
+cmap w!! w !sudo tee % >/dev/null
+
+" Column highlighting
+au WinLeave * set nocursorline nocursorcolumn
+au WinEnter * set cursorline cursorcolumn
+set cursorline cursorcolumn

README.md

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+Basic VIM settings to improve development