Most likely not a problem with VIM, but more a user configerable option. I just got through setting up vim on cygwin. In your ~/.vimrc file you need to format your ruler. That is the bar at the bottom that shows you which file, which line, which column, etc. that you are on in VIM. This file is in /home/yourname. You can copy an example from /usr/share/vim/vim63/vimrc_example.vim to your home directory. Open it with vim and then do a :help ruf to see how to set up your ruler in .vimrc and then do a help statusline to see what options are available.
My line is:
ruf=%32(%l\ %c\ %f\ %p%%%)
This gives me 32 chars in my status showing line number, column number filename and a percentage of how far into the file my cursor is. Check out the help and pick the options you want.
You don't have to do that, though, if all you want is the vim default.
Even a completely empty .vimrc file will shift vim out of compatible mode, and cause a useful default to be shown.
Max.
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