created 2001 · complexity basic · author Leif Wickland · version 6.0
To set the initial size of the Vim window
Place the following in your vimrc to control the initial size of the Vim or gvim window (change the numbers to what you need):
set lines=50 columns=100
Here is a more sophisticated version:
if has("gui_running") " GUI is running or is about to start. " Maximize gvim window. set lines=999 columns=999 else " This is console Vim. if exists("+lines") set lines=50 endif if exists("+columns") set columns=100 endif endif
On Linux/bsd's terminal, this is done automatically. If you want to set initial size of gvim, you can put "set lines=N columns=N" in .gvimrc
To maximize the initial gvim window using wmctrl (X server)
Instead of running gvim directly, you can run the following simple script:
#!/bin/bash exec=/usr/bin/gvim #here you can modify the location of gvim $exec -f $* & pid=$! winid="" while [ -z $winid ]; do sleep 0.05 winid=`wmctrl -pl |grep -P "^0x[0-9a-f]+[ ]+[-0-9]+[ ]+$pid" | cut -f1 -d' '` done # echo "debug: $exec started, PID=$pid, Window ID=$winid" #this maximizes the GVim window wmctrl -i -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz -r $winid #this switches the GVim window to fullscreen wmctrl -i -b add,fullscreen -r $winid
In words, the script starts GVim, saves its process id and using wmctrl finds the window id of GVim. After that, it sends either a command for maximizing and/or for fullscreen.
If you want to have this as a default whenever you call gvim, you can, e.g., save this script as /usr/local/bin/gvim .
To maximize the initial Vim window under Windows
In Windows, you can change the Properties of the shortcut to start Vim, for example:
cmd /c start /max "C:\Program Files\vim\vim71\gvim.exe"
This wont work, however, if you disable menu with guioptions-=m
and this is not usable if you need to specify gVim as configuration option of some third party tools (file managers etc...).
There is also a :winsize
command, but it is deprecated (see :help winsize).
Using simalt command
Put the following in your vimrc to maximize Vim on startup (from :help win16-maximized):
au GUIEnter * simalt ~x "x on an English Windows version. n on a French one
Using Maximize.dll plugin
There is also a plugin with a DLL to maximize/restore the Vim window: maximize.dll : Maximizing plugin for Win32 gVim.
Using Nircmd
Nircmd is a small tool from Nirsoft that can be used to automate various aspects of Windows environment. You can use it to start application maximized or maximize running application window:
nircmd.exe exec max "C:\Program Files (x86)\vim\vim74\gvim.exe"
or as PowerShell function that accepts file argument
function gvim($file){ start nircmd.exe "exec max ""C:\Program Files (x86)\vim\vim74\gvim.exe"" $file" }
To maximize the initial Vim window under Sawfish
You can configure Sawfish to automatically maximize gvim on startup:
- Run "sawfish-ui".
- Select "matched windows", "Add...".
- In "macthers" select "Class".
- "Grab..." and click the Gvim window.
- Select the "Maximized" checkbox and click "OK".
Comments
TODO Following are related tips. Should merge some of these.