Changes: Enabling Windows shortcuts for gvim

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created 2004 · complexity basic · author Girish Gajwani · version 5.7

I was trying to figure out why Alt+space would not work, as I would have to use the mouse to maximize/restore/minimize my gvim window (on Win32) which was a pain and found that I needed to

set winaltkeys=yes

to make this work. Now I can use

Alt+Space followed by 'x to maximize
Alt+Space followed by 'n' to minimize
Alt+Space followed by 'r' to restore!

Note that with winaltkeys=yes, you won't be able to map any ALT key combinations. If this is a problem for you, try winaltkeys=menu or winaltkeys=no in conjunction with :simalt.

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I have been struggling with this problem. Thank you very much for sharing this information.

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 I was trying to figure out why Alt+space would not work, as I would have to use the mouse to maximize/restore/minimize my gvim window (on Win32) which was a pain and found that I needed to
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 Alt+Space followed by 'r' to restore!
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+Note that with <code>winaltkeys=yes</code>, you won't be able to map any ALT key combinations. If this is a problem for you, try <code>winaltkeys=menu</code> or <code>winaltkeys=no</code> in conjunction with <code>:simalt</code>.
 ==References==
 *{{help|'winaltkeys'}}
+*{{help|:simalt}}
 *[[VimTip494]]
 ==Comments==
-I use Vim on Win2K, ALT+Space works well on English Win2K platform, it seems this shortcut does not work on multi-byte language Win2K (e.g. Chinese Win2K). Is this a bug?
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-I'm using Vim 6.1 on WinXP and the Alt+Space works for me but not in the normal way. I have to press Alt, release it and then press the space bar to bring up the menu. In most other programs I can press and hold Alt and then hit the space bar.
+I have been struggling with this problem. Thank you very much for sharing this information.
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