Comments on: Gvim menu bar missing http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/ Code and comments on web development, Django, Python and things (un)related. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:15:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3 By: Awais http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:15:37 +0000 http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/#comment-1121 Hi, Many thnaks for the suggestions. for me the following worked

rm ~/.gnome2/Vim
rerun vim

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By: ert http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:10:23 +0000 http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/#comment-1105 it is NOT
:set guioptions+=m
:set guioptions-=m
like the first comment says but
:set guioptions=-m
:set guioptions=+m

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By: Ivan Storck http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-1091 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:56:34 +0000 http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/#comment-1091 I had to do both remove the ~/.gnome2/Vim file and also set guioptions=+m

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By: Max http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:31:14 +0000 http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/#comment-1087 I have this problem, and the workaround doesn’t work :(
Using ubuntu 11.04 with the new ui (unity?)

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By: James Estevez http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:24:33 +0000 http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/#comment-1085 Looks like this happens to someone at least once a year. Thanks for this!

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By: Dign http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 01:05:05 +0000 http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/#comment-965 It works,
But, could someone explain why???
Thanks

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By: David T http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:09:11 +0000 http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/#comment-778 Saved me some hassle, thanks!

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By: Nara http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-751 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:38:59 +0000 http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/#comment-751 I had the same issue in Karmic with Vim 7.2.245, and the suggested fix ,namely:

rm ~/.gnome/Vim
rerun vim

worked for me. Thanks.

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By: Steve http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:09:35 +0000 http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/#comment-679 The comment above will work if your menu is turned of within Vim.
The real issue for this post is due to a problem with Gnome trying to dock the menu somewhere you cannot see it.

Try turning the menu on in Vim. If that doesn’t work and you are using Gnome/Metacity, follow the directions in the post. They are correct.

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By: Gonçalo Ferreira http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-667 Wed, 13 May 2009 21:29:35 +0000 http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2009/03/09/gvim-menu-bar-missing/#comment-667 :set guioptions+=m ” enables menubar
:set guioptions-=m ” disables menubar

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