I'm on Windows Vista Beta 2, but this happens on XP / 2003 / what-have-you. Setting that GUI flag fixes it though; thanks for your help!
-- Paul Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:00 PM To: Paul Betts Cc: vim-dev@vim.org Subject: Re: gVim bug: Window stretched across 2 desktops gets resized on split Paul Betts wrote: > I often stretch a gVim window across two monitors, putting the > vertical split in between the two monitors so that I can quickly > switch between them and edit in both monitors. However, if I size the > window then vertical split it, the window will resize itself to one > desktop. I suspect that gVim is using the wrong function to get the > size of the desktop, but I haven't investigated it myself. > > In summary, > > To reproduce: > 1. Open a gVim window in Windows on a dual-monitor machine 2. Stretch > it across both monitors (Not maximized, just stretched across both > desktops) 3. Type C-w v to create a vertical split > > Expected: > Vim should split the window without moving it > > Actual: > Vim splits the window and resizes it to the left monitor. > > Email me back and let me know if I can be of any help, thanks for the > great program! What kind of system are you on? You can probably work around the problem with: :set guioptions+=lr A real solution would be better though. I don't have such a system to try it out on. -- "Hit any key to continue" is very confusing when you have two keyboards. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org ///
