Tip 88 Printable Monobook Previous Next created 2001 · complexity basic · author Leif Wickland · version 6.0 To set the initial size of the Vim window[] Place the following in your vimrc to control the initial size of the Vim or gvim window (change the numbers to what you need): set lines=50 columns=1000 Here is a more sophisticated version: if has("gui_running") " GUI is running or is about to st