gvim does not quite obey "set lines=x" in .gvimrc

[Linus Nilsson]

After the upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04, gvim usually no longer gets the right height when starting up.

In .gvimrc, I have
set lines=50 columns=102

The expected behaviour is that gvim starts up with 50 lines and 102 columns.

The column part seems to work fine, but the height is usually a little too small. "echo &lines" then says 48. The window sometimes gets the right size though (echo &lines == 50), and sometimes a little too large (echo &lines == 52). In the latter case, the window reaches under the bottom-panel in XFCE.

I have emptied .vimrc, and I have emptied .gvimrc for everything except "set lines=50", but it did not make any difference. So the interaction between options should not be the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: vim-gnome 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 27 00:03:10 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vim
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-26 (0 days ago)

[Linus Nilsson (lajnold-gmail)]

It seems it has to do with the AppMenu (http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/disable-appmenu-global-menu-in-ubuntu).

When I start gvim, I get the message
"** (gvim:30703): WARNING **: Unable to create Ubuntu Menu Proxy: Timeout was reached

Running "UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= gvim" removes that message, and makes gvim start with the right size.

Since I'm in XFCE, the AppMenu doesn't exist anyway as I understand it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.