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AlexTheBird
AlexTheBird

Reputation: 677

Howto start gvim with a maximized window from a bash-script in gnome

I want to write a bash-script that starts a gvim-session directly in a maximized window.

That is my bash-script:

#!/bin/bash - 
set -o nounset

cd /home/alexthebird/vim-stuff; # directory of the gvim-session file
gvim -S bootmap;                # start gvim from the sessionfile 'bootmap'

Do you have any ideas how to accomplish this with a bashscript? Gvim should only be maximized when it is started over this script. Any other ideas how to accomplish this are welcome, of course.

I use Ubuntu 11.04 with gnome.

Thank you for taking the time to read my message.

AlexTheBird

This script works:

#!/bin/bash - 
set -o nounset
# directory of the gvim-session file
cd /home/alexthebird/vim-stuff;
# -f because of a ubuntu global-menu bug
# -S starts from session-file named 'bootmap'
# -geom solved the problem. see post of Lstor
gvim -geom '200x50+0+0' -f -S bootmap; # start gvim from the sessionfile 'bootmap';

Thank you all for your time.

EDIT : I just found out that the above solution only works for the unity-2d (non 3D accelerated) desktop. Which is fine for me. It does not work with the default Ubuntu-desktop which uses the 3D accelerated version of Unity.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1808

Answers (3)

squid
squid

Reputation: 2625

like @Curt Nelson , I use wmctrl, with with autocmd and guienter. It works both on my windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.10.

  1. Install wmctrl: sudo apt-get install wmctrl
  2. add the following script to your config.

script:

if has("gui_running")
    if MySys() == 'linux'
        autocmd GUIEnter * silent !wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
    else
        winpos 0 0
        set lines=99999 columns=99999
        autocmd guienter * let &columns = 999 | let &columns = &columns/2 
        autocmd guienter * set lines=9999 columns=9999
    endif
endif

Upvotes: 0

Curt Nelson
Curt Nelson

Reputation: 3192

The following works for me on Ubuntu 8.04, Gnome (based on comments on this forum):

#!/bin/bash
gvim

sleep 1  # give gvim time to launch

wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,maximized_vert,maximized_horz

You may need to install wmctrl:

sudo apt-get install wmctrl

Upvotes: 5

Lstor
Lstor

Reputation: 2263

You could use the -geom(etry) option to match the size with the size of your monitor(s).

gvim -geom 200x50+0+0

Where 200 is the number of characters you can fit horizontally, 50 is the same vertically, and +0+0 indicates zero horizontal and vertical offset from the top-left corner of the screen.

Note that the window would not be maximized per se, it would only be (approximately) the same size as your display.

Upvotes: 2

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