How do you set the default window size in MacVim?

Question

The default window size appears to be 24x80 but I'd prefer to set it so new windows appear in the size 50x90. Is there a way to set this default?

score 31 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '09 at 17:36

31

try setting the following line in ~/.gvimrc

set lines=50 columns=90

answered Aug 18 '09 at 17:36

Gren

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 20 '15 at 17:50

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I tried the full set lines=## columns=## but it did not work.

What I found is that using two set commands, one for each option, did work:

set lines=##
set columns=##

answered May 20 '15 at 17:50

Bob McGowan

In what way did it "not work" ? For me, this worked just fine in one line - used in the .gvimrc. Your's might work, too, but I dont see why the other thing should not. Maybe it ahoiuld be rather a comment than an own solution... – Henning Aug 10 '17 at 15:22

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 03 '15 at 16:21

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Like Gren said, but for the command line. On my Mac the --geometry argument is not supported

alias gv='mvim -c "set lines=50 columns=98" -p'

answered Sep 03 '15 at 16:21

FDS

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