Removed the tags file from wildignore

It disabled ctags support...
Added the vim-surround plugin
Added localvimrc and the jk shortcut to leave the insert mode
Moved the localvimrc_persistent definition to .vimrc for precedence; called pathogen#helptags()
Ignored submodule changes
Ignored swp files and the .netrwhist file
Split my settings file into smaller chunks
Added a few shortcuts