Is it possible to get gVim to remember window size?

Question

I know how to set the initial window size in gVim, but how do I get it to automatically restore the window dimensions from last session? Is this even possible?

Answer 1

Edit: Corrected my answer. The mentioned winsize sessionoption only refers to the vim internal window layout, not the external dimensions.

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If you use

:mksession

and load the session on vim startup with

gvim -S Session.vim

you can include the window position and size into the session by including winpos and resize in the sessionoptions, see

:help  'sessionoptions

With autocommands you could even automate the saving and restoring of the session on Vim entry and exit.

Answer 2

gvim -geom 85x55

as in, putting this in your .bashrc:

alias G='gvim -geom 85x55'

Answer 3

I had the same question, and to expand on the above answer, you can simply add the following to your .vimrc to get the behaviour you want:

set sessionoptions+=resize,winpos

Answer 4

Additionally:

In your .vimrc: set ssop+=resize,winpos,winsize,blank,buffers,curdir,folds,help,options,tabpages

Then, use the script from this article, it works beautifully! http://broom9.com/Vim_Tips_Wiki/index.php?title=Restore_screen_size_and_position