‘laststatus’ option to 2 to display the status line always. :set laststatus=2 For more information, read :help ‘laststatus’ 19.14. How do I make a Vim setting persistent across different Vim invocations/instances/sessions? To make a Vim option setting persistent across different Vim instances, add your setting to the .vimrc or .gvimrc file. You can also use the “:mkvimrc” command to generate a vimrc file for the current settings. For more information, read :help save-settings :help vimrc :help gvimrc :help vimrc-intro :help :mkvimrc :help initialization 19.15. Why do I hear a beep (why does my window flash) about 1 second after I hit the Escape key? This is normal behavior. If your window flashes, then you’ve got the visual bell on. Otherwise, you should hear a beep. Vim needs a timeout to tell the difference between a simple escape and, say, a cursor key sequence. When you press a key in normal mode (and even in insert mode) and that key is the beginning of a mapping, Vim waits a cert