Added my vimrc file and some neccisary directories.

 -- gihub refs #13

.vimrc

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+" Make Vim more useful
+set nocompatible
+" Use the OS clipboard by default (on versions compiled with `+clipboard`)
+set clipboard=unnamed
+" Enhance command-line completion
+set wildmenu
+" Allow cursor keys in insert mode
+set esckeys
+" Allow backspace in insert mode
+set backspace=indent,eol,start
+" Optimize for fast terminal connections
+set ttyfast
+"" Add the g flag to search/replace by default
+"set gdefault
+" Use UTF-8 without BOM
+set encoding=utf-8 nobomb
+" Change mapleader
+let mapleader=","
+" Don’t add empty newlines at the end of files
+set binary
+set noeol
+" Centralize backups, swapfiles and undo history
+set backupdir=~/.vim/backups
+set directory=~/.vim/swaps
+if exists("&undodir")
+  set undodir=~/.vim/undo
+endif
+
+" Respect modeline in files
+set modeline
+set modelines=4
+" Enable per-directory .vimrc files and disable unsafe commands in them
+set exrc
+set secure
+" Enable line numbers
+set number
+" Enable 256 colors
+"set t_Co=256
+" Enable syntax highlighting
+syntax on
+" Set the maximum columns scanned for syntax highlight, default (3000) very slow make vim sluggish
+set synmaxcol=1000
+" Highlight current line
+set cursorline
+" Make tabs as wide as two spaces
+set tabstop=2
+" Make tabs spaces
+set expandtab
+set softtabstop=2
+set shiftwidth=2
+" Show “invisible” characters
+set lcs=tab:▸\ ,trail:·,eol:¬,nbsp:_
+set list
+" Highlight searches
+set hlsearch
+"" Ignore case of searches
+set ignorecase
+"I like this next feature but I think it is making vim sluggish
+"" Highlight dynamically as pattern is typed
+"" Always show status line
+set laststatus=2
+"" Enable mouse in all modes
+"set mouse=a
+" Disable error bells
+"set noerrorbells
+" Don’t reset cursor to start of line when moving around.
+set nostartofline
+" Show the cursor position
+set ruler
+" Don’t show the intro message when starting Vim
+set shortmess=atI
+" Show the current mode
+set showmode
+" Show the filename in the window titlebar
+set title
+" Show the (partial) command as it’s being typed
+set showcmd
+" Use relative line numbers
+if exists("&relativenumber")
+  set relativenumber
+  au BufReadPost * set relativenumber
+endif
+" Start scrolling three lines before the horizontal window border
+set scrolloff=3
+" Strip trailing whitespace (,ss)
+function! StripWhitespace()
+  let save_cursor = getpos(".")
+  let old_query = getreg('/')
+  :%s/\s\+$//e
+  call setpos('.', save_cursor)
+  call setreg('/', old_query)
+endfunction
+" Strip white spaces (,ss)
+noremap <leader>ss :call StripWhitespace()<CR>
+" Save a file as root (,W)
+noremap <leader>W :w !sudo tee % > /dev/null<CR>
+
+" Automatic commands
+if has("autocmd")
+  " Enable file type detection
+  filetype on
+  " Treat .json files as .js
+  autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.json setfiletype json syntax=javascript
+  " Recognize upc files as C files
+  autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.upc setfiletype upc syntax=c
+  " Recognize cuda files as C files
+  autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.cu setfiletype cuda syntax=c
+  " Add hamlc file syntax highlighting
+  autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.hamlc setfiletype hamlc syntax=haml
+endif
+
+" Set the colorscheme
+colorscheme desert
+
+"make vim save and load the folding of the document each time it loads
+"also places the cursor in the last place that it was left.
+au BufWinLeave * mkview
+au BufWinEnter * silent loadview
+