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gvimfullscreen_win32 : Put gvim in full screen on Windows

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created by
Derek McLoughlin
 
script type
utility
 
description
Allows you to run gvim in full screen on Windows on a single monitor.

This is a copy of Yasuhiro Matsumoto's VimTweak's EnableMaximize functionality modified to deal with window borders and allowing the window to overlap the task bar.

Source code included and also available on GitHub: http://github.com/derekmcloughlin/gvimfullscreen_win32/tree/master
 
install details
Unzip the gvimfullscreen_win32.zip file. Copy the DLL to the folder where GVIM.EXE is located.

Call directly:
:call libcallnr("gvimfullscreen.dll", "ToggleFullScreen", 0)<CR>

Map a function key:
map <F11> <Esc>:call libcallnr("gvimfullscreen.dll", "ToggleFullScreen", 0)<CR>


 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
gvimfullscreen_win32.zip 1.0 2009-03-31 6.0 Derek McLoughlin Initial upload
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