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The vim (7.4) command line does not display on win8.1 64 bit in mintty, rxvt, or command prompt windows.
I am using the same config files on win8.1 as on win7, where vim displays correctly (same versions of everything except windows).
emacs-nox has a similar command line widow that displays with no problem in those 3 terminals.
versions: win8.1 64 bit
$ uname -srv
CYGWIN_NT-6.3-WOW64 1.7.32(0.274/5/3) 2014-08-13 23:03
$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.1.10(4)-release (i686-pc-cygwin)
$ mintty --version
mintty 1.1.3
$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Aug 28 2014 01:24:00) Included patches: 1-417 Compiled by
$ rxvt --version
rxvt: bad option "--version" Rxvt v2.7.10 - released: 26 MARCH 2003 Options: XPM,transparent,utmp,menubar,multichar_languages,scrollbars=rxvt+NeXT+x term,frills,linespace,24bit,selectionscrolling,256colour,.Xdefaults
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Skip Coombe
Posted 2014-09-11T14:23:55.387
Reputation: 1
What do you mean by vim command line does not display? (Picture of expected and actual?) – FDinoff – 2014-09-11T14:26:24.927
1This is more complicated than I first thought. The command line I was referring to was the --INSERT-- that appears at the bottom of the window in insert or append mode. In win8.1 it does not override the file name, and that line appears mimic the command buffer if the ist char is ":" fiilling up from the bottom. I need to investigate further to make a sensible description of the behavior. – Skip Coombe – 2014-09-11T18:07:01.070
Take a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18115644/vim-has-many-ui-bugs-on-cygwin-on-windows-8
– FDinoff – 2014-09-11T18:49:27.687I checked my win7 host and it did indeed have a .vimrc file. When I hid it the vim invocation had the same issue I posted about. – Skip Coombe – 2014-09-12T18:42:13.477