Helpful settings for editing tabular data:

setlocal noexpandtab
setlocal nowrap
setlocal tabstop=16 softtabstop=16 shiftwidth=16

Noexpandtab disables expanding of inputted tabs to spaces. Adjust the number of spaces to your liking. Tabstop sets the visual appearance of tab stops (here 16 spaces).

Show tabs visually, disable cursor line …

Ingenious, fast way to find your files:

Command-T - Fast file navigation for VIM : vim online.

I use the following mappings:

" Set leader key to comma
let mapleader = ","

" Command-T shortcuts
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>t :CommandT<CR>
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>b :CommandTBuffer<CR>

Bring up the finder with ,t or "comma-t". Use …