GVim partially obscured by lower panel

blastradius · 08-05-2008, 02:30 PM

Hi

Title says it all really. GVim starts up in windowed mode and when maximised the bottom bit is covered by the panel, doesn't happen if I run Vim from the console, can someone tell me how to fix it?

Thanks

Eric

budword · 08-05-2008, 03:03 PM

Could just be a bug. There is a setting that allows an app to cover the panel, in KDE. What desktop are you using ?

David

blastradius · 08-06-2008, 12:56 AM

Sorry (Duh!) I should have said that I'm running Ubuntu Hardy 64bit using Gnome, I guess it's just a GVim setting but as a new user I've no idea how to change it. I've never come across this problem with any other program.

I don't want it to cover the panel, I just want it to behave like all others and maximise to fill the available screen which is to the top of the panel.

Thanks for your reply.

budword · 08-06-2008, 04:01 AM

I'm not a gnome guy, but in kde, the setting I'm thinking of wouldn't be in gvim, it would be in kde, system settings. Does gnome have that setting ?

David

ne pas · 08-06-2008, 06:18 AM

The window isn't covered by the panel, the window looses it's bottom border when maximized, only a thin line lasts, so it only seems like the window gets covered.
You can try it out yourself, just enable "Autohide" for your bottom panel (right-click on panel > "Preferences" > "Autohide" = Checked), then you'll see it.

blastradius · 08-06-2008, 08:04 AM

The window does seem to be covered by the panel as when I issue commands you can only see the very top of the text (in my case error messages :-) if I move the panel the covered area of GVim is visible. If it was a Gnome setting wouldn't it apply to all programs and not just GVim?

Thanks