Michael F. Lamb wrote:
Hello,
I'm using the 'dwm' window manager in "tiled layout," which enforces a
fixed-size window. http://www.suckless.org/wiki/dwm
Using gtk+ gvim 7.0.122, with some combinations of guifont and
guioptions settings, the vim command line ends up half-outside its
window. It seems like it miscalculates the proper value for 'lines'
given the available real estate. Makes it difficult to see what I'm
typing, and further it corrupts any command output written on the bottom
line (such as that from :make or :!ls).
My temporary solution has to bind something to ':set lines-=1' and punch
it every time the window manager makes gvim resize, but that's annoying.
If I switch dwm to "floating layout" (which does not strictly enforce
window size) the problem goes away; the number of lines is rounded down
to fit on the screen, and the window manager's window decorations shrink
to match that.
The problem does not seem to occur with lesstif gvim, however, lesstif
gvim does not support the anti-aliased truetype font that I like.
If anybody has seen or solved this problem already, I'd be grateful for
info. I haven't ruled out the (fairly new, very minimalist) window
manager as the culprit, which is why I'm asking for advice here rather
than posting a bug report. :)
If a proper solution isn't immediately apparent, is there instead
perhaps a way to hook into the resize event, so I can do ':set lines-=1'
automatically?
Thanks,
-Mike
GTK+1 or GTK+2? In some respects, these are quite different animals.
Otherwise I can't much help you: I'm using kwm, not dwm, and it behaves
differently: e.g. there is an "Unclutter Windows" command, but it will only
tile the windows if they are already small enough to all fit on the screen
without resizing.
Best regards,
Tony.
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