Comments on: Gvim menu bar missing

By: Awais

Awais — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:15:37 +0000

Hi, Many thnaks for the suggestions. for me the following worked

rm ~/.gnome2/Vim
rerun vim

By: ert

ert — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:10:23 +0000

it is NOT
:set guioptions+=m
:set guioptions-=m
like the first comment says but
:set guioptions=-m
:set guioptions=+m

By: Ivan Storck

Ivan Storck — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:56:34 +0000

I had to do both remove the ~/.gnome2/Vim file and also set guioptions=+m

By: Max

Max — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:31:14 +0000

I have this problem, and the workaround doesn’t work :(
Using ubuntu 11.04 with the new ui (unity?)

By: James Estevez

James Estevez — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:24:33 +0000

Looks like this happens to someone at least once a year. Thanks for this!

By: Dign

Dign — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 01:05:05 +0000

It works,
But, could someone explain why???
Thanks

By: David T

David T — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:09:11 +0000

Saved me some hassle, thanks!

By: Nara

Nara — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:38:59 +0000

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.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:09:35 +0000

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.

By: Gonçalo Ferreira

Gonçalo Ferreira — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:29:35 +0000

:set guioptions+=m ” enables menubar
:set guioptions-=m ” disables menubar