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- *os_win32.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Aug 06
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+ *os_win32.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Sep 25
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VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by George Reilly
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7. Installation package | win32-installer |
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8. Win32 mini FAQ | win32-faq |
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- Additionally, there are a number of common Win32 and DOS items:
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+ Additionally, there are a number of common Win32 and DOS items in
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+ | os_dos.txt | :
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File locations | dos-locations |
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Using backslashes | dos-backslash |
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Standard mappings | dos-standard-mappings |
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probably get very strange behavior from Vim. Therefore Vim does not obtain
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the default value of 'term' from the environment variable "TERM".
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+ Terminal Colors *win32-term-colors*
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+ The Win32 console supports 16 colors by default | dos-colors | . From Windows 10
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+ version 1703 (Creators Update) onwards, the console supports 256 colors and
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+ true color (24-bit) when 'termguicolors' is set and Vim is built with support
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+ for Virtual Terminal Processing (VTP) | +vtp | .
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+ Virtual Terminal Processing is automatically enabled if either the
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+ 'termguicolors' option is set or the 't_Co' option is set to 256. This
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+ enables ANSI escape sequences for colors, improves rendering of multi-byte
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+ characters and enables other terminal features in the Windows console.
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+ The actual color rendering depends on whether your terminal supports VTP (such
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+ as Windows Terminal or the modern Windows 10/11 console).
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$PATH *win32-PATH*
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The directory of the Vim executable is appended to $PATH. This is mostly to
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