Re: gVim under Linux starts too low when it is configured to take all vertical space.

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Hans Deragon <hans.deragon@gmail.com> wrote:
> For some odd reason, when I am staring gVim on my Linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS laptop using the Unity desktop, it starts to low when I am asking it to take all the vertical space available. It starts at position y=53 while it should start at y=24, just below the desktop's menu bar (it is 29 pixels too low). The length of the window is fine and well within the screen height once I move it at its proper place.
>
> It is the only application that shows this behavior. All the other applications start at a proper height, just under the menu bar. This suggest that this has something to do with gVim.
>
> It used to work properly in 14.04. I cannot recall exactly when this started. Not sure if that problem occurred as soon as I upgraded to 16.04 or if it happened later.
>
> Following, the .vimrc used for reproducing the problem:
>
>
> winpos 0 0
> set lines=999 " 999 = take all the vertical space.
> winpos 0 0
> " Window position report at this point: X 0, Y 53
>
>
> This occurs with the latest code found in the git repository, as of 2017-02-14 04:27:56 EST.
>
> Best regards,
> Hans Deragon

Works for me on openSUSE Linux (currently openSUSE Leap 42.2) in gvim
for GTK3 (and previously for GTK2) with the following in my vimrc:

if has('gui_running')
" 'guioptions': GUI options
" ¬a: no autoselect for "+
" ¬P: ditto for "*
" ¬A: ditto for modeless selection
" c: use console dialogs (not popup dialogs) for simple choices
" ¬e: use text-style, tabs even in the GUI
" ¬f: use fork() to start the GUI
" i: use a GUI icon if possible
" m: menu bar is present
" ¬M: source $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim
" g: inactive menuitems are shown (greyed-off)
" t: include tearoff menuitems
" T: include toolbar
" r: right-hand scrollbar is always present
" ¬R: not only when vertically split
" ¬l: left-hand scrollbar is not always present
" L: only when vertically split
" ¬b: no bottom scrollbar
" ¬h: bottom scrollbar is not limited to size of cursor line
" ¬v: do not force vertical button layout in dialogs
" p: do not include X11 pointer callbacks (required by some WMs)
" ¬F: don't add a Footer (Motif-only)
set guioptions=cgimrLtTp
" start maximized
set lines=999 columns=9999
if exists('+toolbariconsize')
set tbis=tiny
endif
set guifont=Bitstream\ Vera\ Sans\ Mono\ 8
endif " gui_running

N.B.
1. "Include tearoff menuitems" doesn't work anymore.
2. All this is done in the .vimrc, i.e. before starting the GUI,
and remembered until the GUI is started.
3. I do not set :winpos, I let the GUI find its own place;
finding out the results gives:

:echo getwinposx() getwinposy()
0 27
:verbose set lines? columns?
lines=68
Last set from ~/.vimrc
columns=180
Last set from ~/.vimrc

N.B. winposy() == 27 places the gvim GUI just below the window
manager's toolbar showing date, time, current GUI program, etc.

Best regards,
Tony.

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