Bug#379612: vim-gnome: GTK+ GUI window handles restricted size incorrectly when tabs are displayed

[Michael Ekstrand]

James Vega <jamessan at debian.org> writes:
> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 07:53:24AM -0500, Michael Ekstrand wrote:
>> James Vega <jamessan at debian.org> writes:
>> > On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 10:05:09AM -0500, Michael Ekstrand wrote:
>> >> When a tab bar is added to a window (e.g. with :tabnew), the window
>> >> tries to expand.  However, if it cannot, the editor widget assumes that
>> >> it did.  The result is that, if Vim is maximized and tabs are added, the
>> >> status line is pushed off the bottom of the window (the window size
>> >> being constrained by the panels at the top and bottom of my desktop).
>> >
>> > I'm unable to reproduce the effect shown in the screenshot.  I start a
>> > maximized gvim, :tabnew, and switch back to the first tab.  The
>> > statusline is still visible and there's no visual corruption.
>> >
>> > Patch 7.1.244 fixed a rounding problem when resizing the visual area.
>> > This may be why I'm not able to see this issue.  Are you still able to
>> > reproduce it?
>> 
>> I am stil able to reproduce it with vim-gtk-1:7.1-266+1.
>
> Hmm, I wonder if this is specific to the environment in which Vim is
> being run.  Which window manager and/or desktop environment are you
> using?

XFCE presently.  I do not remember for sure what I was using when I
first filed the bug.

- Michael

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