command line not visible when using "-p" or first tabnew with -geom

OK, I've googled my fingers off trying to find this. When I start gvim with -p, or do :tabnew in a gvim with only a single buffer, the "command line" (or whatever its called - the place where searches and commands show up) isn't visible unless I resize the window. This only happens if I use the -geom option.

This happens on multiple machines (linux and cygwin), and multiple vim versions, up to and including 7.4.

How do I fix this? My wrapper script calculates an appropriate geometry for that display and file type and uses -geom to set it. So I'd hate to give up -geom.

Thanks,
Paul Zimmer

--
--
You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist.
Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to.
For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php

---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.