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For questions specific to Vim implementations on the Microsoft Windows operating system.

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Escape % when using :!echo %HOME% with cmd.exe

I believe it works if you escape % with \ :!echo \%home\%
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How to escape spaces on Windows path in autocmd?

I would do: au BufNewFile C:/my\ new\ path/*.md :silent 0r !"C:/my new path/template.py" You need to escape the space in the pattern (and avoid to quote it) The path could contains spaces but needs t …
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Why is config files in Windows not in .config

On Windows the usage is to push the programs to store their user configuration in: ~/Local/ (%LocalAppData%) or in ~/Roaming/ (%AppData%) A fair fraction of the program are doing so. You can see %Lo …
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Caps-Lock plus Shift for lower case alphabet

It is a problem of gVim 9.0. It has been resolved in gVim 9.1.
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How to make <C-CR> not sending 13;5u to the terminal (on Windows)?

If I had the following code to my vimrc file the correct sequence is sent to the console. tnoremap <expr> <C-Cr> SendToTerm("\<Esc>\<Cr>") function! SendToTerm(what) call term_sendkeys('', a:what) …
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Does gvimfullscreen.dll working with gVim 9.0 on Windows?

If you are using a 64-bit version of Vim you have to adapt the call to use the 64 bit version of the dll: " Fullscreen with Alt-Enter function! ToggleFullScreen() if has('gui_gtk2') :call system …
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Python not working on Windows

The first things to determines to make Python working are: Is Python compiled for Python? What is the Vim architecture (32 Bit or 64 Bit)? What is the Python version that Vim expects (3.6, 3.10, ...) …
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Lazy.nvim - change plugin install location for Windows 10

You can influence the path of the nvim-data folder by setting the: XDG_DATA_HOME environment variable. If set, the path of the nvim-data folder is %XDG_DATA_HOME%\nvim-data Setting XDG_DATA_HOME to C: …
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Why does my Vim/VsCodeVim requires double tapping '^' to go to the first character of the line?

I suspect that in your keyboard layout (like in mine ;-)) the ^ key is an 'dead' key, it produces a character only in combination of the next one ^o gives ô, ^^ gives ^. The solution I have is to use: …
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The python library could not be loaded

Problems The problems could be: Version Mismatch Depending of the version of Vim it is link against different version of Python: The standard Vim 8.1 and 8.2 is linked against Python 3.6 The standard …
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How to install LunarVim on Windows?

I believe the instruction you followed are for a Unix shell. I didn't install it myself but I believe you have to download and run the following powershell script on Windows: install.ps1 In a powershe …
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LeftMouse focus window without moving cursor

You can set the option mousefocus :set mousefocus When you move the cursor on the window the window is activated but the cursor is not changed (not exactly what you ask but close). You can use the mo …
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How can I debug a nerd font not working on Windows + Neovim?

nvim.exe If you run the console version of Neovim (nvim.exe) then the font used is the font of the console you are using (e.g. cmd.exe) To control the font you have to configure it in your console. Ea …
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How to install VimTex on Neovim (NvChad) on Windows (not WSL)

You need to modify the file: ~/nvim/lua/custom/plugins.lua by adding the following section: { "lervag/vimtex", lazy = false, -- we don't want to lazy load VimTeX -- tag = "v2.15", -- uncomme …
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Minimal Neovim setup for C# auto-formatting (Windows)

I would propose to use: Neoformat Neoformat support all the plugin manager (vim-plug, lazy, packer) With the following configuration (nvim/init.vim): augroup fmt autocmd! autocmd BufWritePre *.cs, …
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