I have recently installed VIM 7.0 on my computer which
has Windows Vista and
every time I try to edit a text file with VIM it opens
a blank file with the
following message on the bottom of the screen:
"-C" [New File]
The "-C" as a file-name looks like some option to [g]vim.exe is
getting interpreted as a filename rather than as a parameter.
But the -C asks for Vim to use Compatible settings, which is a
bit like asking for a horse-drawn carriage when you have an
automobile at your disposal. Conceivable, but you usually know
what you're asking for, and take the effort to request it explicitly.
This looks like a problem with how Vim is being launched. If you
use Start -> Run and type in "C:\Program
Files\Vim\Vim70\gvim.exe" (or whatever the path to gvim is), does
it open correctly/uneventfully? How about if you use "C:\Program
Files\Vim\Vim70\gvim.exe c:\path\to\file.txt"?
I don't know how you're currently launching vim, so details on
that would help. Are you using the context-menu with "Open with
Vim" (or one of its variants)? Are you running Vim off the Start
Menu? Is it set as the default application for opening programs
of type X? Are you clicking a shortcut to Vim on your desktop?
With the answers to some of the above questions, and the results
of your above testing, it might help track down the problem.
-tim
