Ingo is right about the way vim is called by default, there is just no really good way of doing it on Windows (vim works well on Unix-like systems). You should know that there are simpler ways to accomplish what you want than modifying PATH environment variable or installing vim.bat. Here is a quick guide:
First you need to setup a configuration file. It can be placed under
%HOME%or%USEPROFILE%directories. The simple way to find default location on your system is to run:echo $VIFMcommand inside vifm. You can usedata/vifmrcfile as an example (though, it's mostly Linux-oriented), just copy it to configuration directory.Now you can configure actual command to run Vim. It's done using
vicmdoption (at the top of the samplevifmrc). An example:set vicmd=e:/programs/editors/vim/vim73/gvim.exe(spaces in the path might make it a bit different).The sample
vifmrcalso contains this commented out line closer to the bottom of the file:" filetype * start, explorer
Just uncomment it to open files with standard Windows associations by default.
Don't forget to reopen vifm, or try using
:restartcommand to reload configuration file.
besides the fact it can't be fullscreen-maximized
Actually, vifm can, it's cmd.exe that stands in the way. Use properties of a running console window (see context menu of an icon in the left top corner) to change window dimentions. You can quickly check that vifm supports resizing by changing size using :set columns+=1 and set lines+=1 commands. Alternatively, use something like ConEmu or Console2 instead of cmd.exe to run vifm, those are nice replacements of standard console.
If there are any other (windows compatible) file manager that has Vi key bindings, please list them all down.
Sorry, I can't name any, this is kinda a reason why vifm supports Windows.