Unfortunately gvim in X11 doesn't support fullscreen by itself. (At least I haven't found a way to do it.) But fortunately there are external programs that allo

Unfortunately gvim in X11 doesn't support fullscreen by itself. (At least I haven't found a way to do it.) But fortunately there are external programs that allow doing it. Right now I'm using devilspie ( http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie ) to set gvim as fullscreen when it is started. Here's the script: ( if ( and ( is ( window_name ) "Vim" ) ) ( begin ( fullscreen )) )