Hi Tony.
Thanks for your reply.
13Oct2006 @ 04:23 A.J.Mechelynck thusly spake
> Luke Vanderfluit wrote:
> >Hi.
> >
> >I'm a great fan of vim and this is the best list!
> >
> >I'm programming java and use konqueror as an explorer. I have set
> >konqueror to open java files with gvim. That's cool.
> >Now I want to set the size of the window that gvim starts in.
> >The default seems to be 80X25.
> >
> >How can I change that.
> >Can I pass some args to gvim on invocation?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >Kind regards.
> >Luke Vanderfluit
>
> see
> :help 'lines'
> :help 'columns'
>
> If you try to set these options to higher values than fit onscreen, Vim
> will adjust them down until they do. This means that:
>
> a) ":set lines=9999 columns=9999" will maximize gvim;
>
> b) since different fonts can have different sizes, you should set 'guifont'
> first, and 'lines' and 'columns' afterwards.
>
> Note 1: Some console terminals can have their lines x columns geometry
> changed; others not, but I suppose you wouldn't want to set the same values
> in gvim and in console vim. You can either:
>
> 1) set 'lines' and 'columns' in your gvimrc, so console Vim won't see those
> lines;
>
> 2) bracket them by if has("gui_running") ... endif so that console Vim
> won't execute them;
>
> or even:
>
> 3)
>
> if has("gui_running")
> " settings for gvim
> elseif &term =~ 'xterm' || term =~ '^vt\d\d\d'
> " settings for xterm and vtnnn
> elseif &term == 'win32'
> " settings for the Dos Box in Windows
> " else do nothing
> endif
>
> Note 2: If you set those options in a vimrc, gvim will "remember" them
> until it displays the GUI.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
I used the 'if has("gui_running")' to set the guifont. I found this in a reply
of yours to a list. So thanks for that too.
Excellent help.
Kind regards.
Luke.
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