On 19/04/09 20:52, Michael Henry wrote:
>
> All,
>
> One advantage of GUI Vim not yet mentioned (if I've not
> missed anything) is the ability to resize via Vim script.
> In Gvim, I can execute the following:
>
> :set columns=161
>
> and the GUI window resizes to accommodate the 161
> columns (which makes room for a pair of 80-column
> vertical splits and the separating column between them).
>
> I don't know how to make the equivalent behavior work
> in console Vim. Is there a way to configure either Vim or
> the terminal emulator (or both) so that Vim can cause a
> resize of the terminal emulator's number of columns or lines?
>
> Michael Henry
That depends on the console. In the Linux (true-text) console, in xterm
and (I think) in Windows, Vim can't resize the terminal AFAIK. OTOH, in
konsole, setting 'lines' and 'columns' does resize the terminal. In the
Mac's Terminal.app console, I don't know.
Best regards,
Tony.
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