--- a/runtime/vimrc_example.vim
+++ b/runtime/vimrc_example.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " An example for a vimrc file.
 "
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
-" Last change:	2016 Jun 21
+" Last change:	2016 Jul 28
 "
 " To use it, copy it to
 "     for Unix and OS/2:  ~/.vimrc
@@ -14,60 +14,26 @@ if v:progname =~? "evim"
   finish
 endif
 
-" Use Vim settings, rather than Vi settings (much better!).
-" This must be first, because it changes other options as a side effect.
-set nocompatible
-
-" allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
-set backspace=indent,eol,start
+" Get the defaults that most users want.
+source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim
 
 if has("vms")
   set nobackup		" do not keep a backup file, use versions instead
 else
   set backup		" keep a backup file (restore to previous version)
-  set undofile		" keep an undo file (undo changes after closing)
-endif
-set history=50		" keep 50 lines of command line history
-set ruler		" show the cursor position all the time
-set showcmd		" display incomplete commands
-set incsearch		" do incremental searching
-
-" For Win32 GUI: remove 't' flag from 'guioptions': no tearoff menu entries
-" let &guioptions = substitute(&guioptions, "t", "", "g")
-
-" Don't use Ex mode, use Q for formatting
-map Q gq
-
-" CTRL-U in insert mode deletes a lot.  Use CTRL-G u to first break undo,
-" so that you can undo CTRL-U after inserting a line break.
-inoremap <C-U> <C-G>u<C-U>
-
-" In many terminal emulators the mouse works just fine, thus enable it.
-if has('mouse')
-  set mouse=a
+  if has('persistent_undo')
+    set undofile	" keep an undo file (undo changes after closing)
+  endif
 endif
 
-" Switch syntax highlighting on when the terminal has colors or when using the
-" GUI (which always has colors).
 if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running")
-  syntax on
-
-  " Also switch on highlighting the last used search pattern.
+  " Switch on highlighting the last used search pattern.
   set hlsearch
-
-  " I like highlighting strings inside C comments.
-  let c_comment_strings=1
 endif
 
 " Only do this part when compiled with support for autocommands.
 if has("autocmd")
 
-  " Enable file type detection.
-  " Use the default filetype settings, so that mail gets 'tw' set to 72,
-  " 'cindent' is on in C files, etc.
-  " Also load indent files, to automatically do language-dependent indenting.
-  filetype plugin indent on
-
   " Put these in an autocmd group, so that we can delete them easily.
   augroup vimrcEx
   au!
@@ -75,14 +41,6 @@ if has("autocmd")
   " For all text files set 'textwidth' to 78 characters.
   autocmd FileType text setlocal textwidth=78
 
-  " When editing a file, always jump to the last known cursor position.
-  " Don't do it when the position is invalid or when inside an event handler
-  " (happens when dropping a file on gvim).
-  autocmd BufReadPost *
-    \ if line("'\"") >= 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
-    \   exe "normal! g`\"" |
-    \ endif
-
   augroup END
 
 else
@@ -91,22 +49,6 @@ else
 
 endif " has("autocmd")
 
-" Convenient command to see the difference between the current buffer and the
-" file it was loaded from, thus the changes you made.
-" Only define it when not defined already.
-if !exists(":DiffOrig")
-  command DiffOrig vert new | set bt=nofile | r ++edit # | 0d_ | diffthis
-		  \ | wincmd p | diffthis
-endif
-
-if has('langmap') && exists('+langnoremap')
-  " Prevent that the langmap option applies to characters that result from a
-  " mapping.  If unset (default), this may break plugins (but it's backward
-  " compatible).
-  set langnoremap
-endif
-
-
 " Add optional packages.
 "
 " The matchit plugin makes the % command work better, but it is not backwards