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

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How do I save a read-only file in Vim for Windows?

I have looked for this a lot already and every answer is about Vim in Linux. Is there a way to save a read-only file right from Vim in Windows?
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5 votes
0 answers
857 views

Vim is taking a really long time to open spelling suggestions

I have recently reinstalled vim and I noticed that the Spell checking is working very slowly. Whenever I do a z= on an incorrectly spelled word, Vim takes a good 4-5 seconds to show the spelling sugge …
Durga Swaroop's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
834 views

Using the same plugin folders for gvim and with vim in cygwin

I have a cygwin shell in my windows computer and it has a Vim installation of its own in it. And, so the plugins I have for Gvim are not available for the Cygwin vim. I tried symlinking the plugins …
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1 vote
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Vimrun.exe keeps opening and closing when statusline is updated

I am working on a plugin and as part of that plugin I am trying to update the statusline with setlocal statusline=%!GetMPCStatusline(). But this causes vimrun.exe to open and close very fast. This h …
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