It seems it has to do with the AppMenu (http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03 /disable-appmenu-global-menu-in-ubuntu).
When I start gvim, I get the message "** (gvim:30703): WARNING **: Unable to create Ubuntu Menu Proxy: Timeout was reached Running "UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= gvim" removes that message, and makes gvim start with the right size. Since I'm in XFCE, the AppMenu doesn't exist anyway as I understand it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/989287 Title: gvim does not quite obey "set lines=x" in .gvimrc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/989287/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
