How to maximise Gvim in Ubuntu
Something that has always troubled me is getting GVim to maximise when using Ubuntu…“WHATTTT” you say “that’s easy…just add this to your .gvimrc”
set lines=999
set columns=999Well that did work - but it always moved Gvim into another workspace - one of those things that doesn’t really matter, but never the less you just can’t let go…it annoyed me everytime I opened GVim.
At last I have found a much better solution…one that I am sure any seasoned Ubuntu user knows about but which I had never heard of…Devilspie
Roughly speaking this is what you do:
Install devilspie:
sudo apt-get install devilspieCreate a script:
cd ~/.devilspie
touch max_gvim.dsEdit the script and add the follwing:
(if
(contains(window_name) "Vim")
(maximize)
)Add devilspie to your startup applications and voila…maximised GVim!
