How to make gvim on Windows behave exactly like linux console vim?

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I have used Vim extensively on linux console, I am used to it's keyboard shortcuts, like Ctrl+V for vertical selection, and many others.

I have installed gVim for Windows on my computer at work, and I almost can't use it, as many of keyboard commands were redefined. The Ctrl+V pastes the text from clipboard instead of starting vertical selection for example...

How make gVim work exactly like the default linux console version, possibly with the default gentoo settings?

Once I had a _vimrc in my Documents folder the default _vimrc was not sourced anymore and vim behaved like I wanted it to. Even an empty one was enough. — Nikodemus RIP, Nov 13 '15 at 13:24

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 05 '14 at 21:22

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in c:\program files\vim\_vimrc:

" source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim
" behave mswin

Comment out these two lines

edited Mar 05 '14 at 21:22

leeand00

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answered Jan 19 '10 at 13:06

Yin Zhu

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I just commented out the last two lines (source .../mswin.vim and behave mswin). This seems to break fewer of my other configuration options while still not clobbering the controls. – Tim Swast Mar 01 '12 at 22:04

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '10 at 13:09

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Issue the following commands:

set compatible
:mkvimrc!

That will write out a _vimrc that overrules the one in \Program Files\vim

answered Jan 19 '10 at 13:09

Paul Tomblin

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 19 '10 at 13:07

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Edit your .vimrc file so that it contains only the line:

set compatible

answered Jan 19 '10 at 13:07

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set compatible is not linux standard – Nikodemus RIP Nov 13 '15 at 11:03
@Nikodemus the question was asking what commands to issue on gvim on Windows. What is or isn't standard in Linux is irrelevant. – Paul Tomblin Nov 13 '15 at 12:37
@PaulTomblin: Actually, the question was "How make gVim work exactly like the default linux console version". – Nikodemus RIP Nov 13 '15 at 13:21
@Nikodemus read it again. "How to make gvim ON WINDOWS work exactly like..." – Paul Tomblin Nov 13 '15 at 13:45

How to make gvim on Windows behave exactly like linux console vim?

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