Yesterday I trimmed down my vimrc - the configuration file for Vim.
I admit that I can’t live without some plugins.
So a “minimal Vim” is probably not possible for me.
But if you’re interested, here is a good start:
" Suggested Minimal Settings For Programming
" Enabling filetype support provides filetype-specific indenting,
" syntax highlighting, omni-completion and other useful settings.
filetype plugin indent on
syntax on
" `matchit.vim` is built-in so let's enable it!
" Hit `%` on `if` to jump to `else`.
runtime macros/matchit.vim
" various settings
set autoindent " Minimal automatic indenting for any filetype.
set backspace=indent,eol,start " Proper backspace behavior.
set hidden " Possibility to have more than one unsaved buffers.
set incsearch " Incremental search, hit `<CR>` to stop.
set ruler " Shows the current line number at the bottom-right
" of the screen.
set wildmenu " Great command-line completion, use `<Tab>` to move
" around and `<CR>` to validate.
If you use NeoVim, check the default settings with :h nvim-defaults.