* A. S. Budden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070420 20:50]: > Dear Zhichao, > > On 20/04/07, Zhichao Hong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi, all, > > > >I have been using Vim on the Win32 platform for a few years (since > >version 5.0). I enjoyed this program greatly. The Win32 build > >normally does not get patched frequently and the users on that > >platform cannot take the advantages of the bug fixes as frequently as > >UNIX user could have. So I normally maintains my own vim build with > >the latest patches for my personal use. Now I would like to share > >this with the users. The result from this effort is that I have > >created the the vimwin project at sourceforge ( > >http://sourceforge.net/projects/vimwin).
The Cream project also provides binaries for windows: http://cream.sourceforge.net/ There are also some other binaries for windows out there. > > > >Here is the project will help: > > * Compile Vim on Win32 with the latest VC++ compiler (VC8.0) > > * Compile Vim with the latest patches > > * Add misc enhancement that are not available from the original vim. > > And the source code for the changes/enhancement are always made open > >and available. > > > >The first release I created has the Vim compiled using VC8.0 with > >patches up to 224. It has the enhancement that can toggle the vim > >into/out of full screen mode. The F11 is the magic key. > > > >You can try this by downloading the software from > >http://sourceforge.net/projects/vimwin and please provide feedback. > > I have just installed your version of vim, but I can't figure out how > to switch it into full screen mode. I currently have F11 mapped (and > I don't wish to change this), so I guess that this is part of the > problem, although I have tried removing that line from my _vimrc and I > still can't get into full screen mode. If I run "gvim -u NONE" it > works okay. > > I have tried 'grepping' first the doc/ dir and then the whole vim70 > directory, but I can find no relevant mention of full ?screen, so I'm > not sure how I can get this to work with my vimrc. > > Can you tell me the command that <F11> is linked to in the default > build so that I can test it and/or assign it to another key > combination please? I've tried running "gvim -u NONE" and then typing > "map <F11>", but it says "no mapping found", implying there is > something more cunning going on that I don't understand! I think on Windows :simalt ~x should do it. > > Many thanks in advance, > > Al
