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I cant figure out why, but my vim74 on Windows 8 wont maximize. In fact it is very limited to a certain size.

This is the max size and I don't know how to make it bigger.

Also when I input a command (e.g. :q) character that I didn't input comes up like :<-[1 q when I do :q

Thank you in advance

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Based on the screenshot (and missing menus), it looks like you're using Vim in the Windows console (cmd.exe), which cannot be maximized in the usual way. You have the following options:

  • Use GVIM; it offers more (visual) features, and the biggest disadvantage, more clumsy shell integration, isn't that important on Windows, anyway.
  • Use the Windows console menu (right mouse button on the top-left icon > Defaults > /Layout\ > Windows Size) to resize it.
  • Inside Vim, you can influence the size via
:set lines=40 columns=120

and the console will resize accordingly.

Ingo Karkat
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