highlight search, bad white spaces, and more

.vimrc

@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ set nocompatible
 syntax on
 filetype plugin on
 
-set path+=**
+set path+=** 
 set wildmenu
+set showcmd
+set wildmode=longest:full,full
+set wildoptions=pum
 set wildignore+=*/tmp/*,*.so,*.swp,*.zip
 set wildignore+=*\\tmp\\*,*.exe
 
@@ -14,7 +17,19 @@ set ruler
 set wrap
 set showbreak=↳\ \
 set textwidth=79
+set hidden
+set backspace=indent,eol,start
+
+set hlsearch
+
+" Rendering
+set ttyfast
+set laststatus=1
+set t_Co=256
+set background=dark
+
 set colorcolumn=81
+hi ColorColumn ctermbg=lightgrey guibg=lightgrey
 
 " Show bad whitespace in an obvious but not obnoxious color
 highlight pythonSpaceError ctermbg=darkgreen guibg=darkgreen