Finalize vimrc

.vimrc

@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ set tabstop=4
 " Default to UTF-8 encoding
 set encoding=utf-8
 
+" Some languages have different indentation preferences. Try to use them.
+filetype plugin indent on
+
+" Don't try to be Vi compatible. Just stick to Vim!
+set nocompatible
+
+" Allow backspace to always work, across linebreaks/indentation etc.
+set backspace=indent,eol,start
+
+" Blink matching bracket
+set showmatch
+
 " We never use octals, but we do use zero-prefixed numbers.
 set nrformats-=octal
 
@@ -74,6 +86,14 @@ set wildmenu
 " Stop asking me, just reload the changed file!
 set autoread
 
+" Don't litter backup files. Don't do swaps (we're not that paranoid)
+set nobackup
+set nowritebackup
+set noswapfile
+
+" Check for file endings
+set fileformats=unix,dos
+
 " Quicky to exit insert mode
 inoremap <C-c> <Esc>