created February 22, 2005 · complexity basic · author Anthony
Gorecki · version 6.0 After a week of trying to find a proper
way to maximize a gvim window under KDE, using the vimrc file,
the best solution that I was able to find was "pseudo-maximize",
which still left extra space around the gvim window. As a result
of this, I abandoned the Vim configuration file and began
experimenting with KDE's window-specific settings. Ironically,
the solution was fairly simple: First, open a gvim window and
press the maximize button. Vim will generally rescale the window
after you do this, so you'll need to make sure that the window
is in fact maximized, typically by pressing the maximize button
a second time to achieve the desired effect. Another way is to
manually resize until you get as close as you can to a maximum
size. Next, right click on the title bar: Advanced -> Window
Specific Settings. Select the Window tab if it isn't the
default. Click on the Detect button, and click anywhere inside
the gvim window. In the w