My favorite text editor is vim and my favorite GUI text editor is KVim, because it incorporates all the nice KDE dialog boxes and buttons that I like to use. Unfortunately, KVim has a serious bug that hasn't been fixed in well over a year; actually, there are two bugs, but they seem related to me.

Bug #1 (which I have reported several times on the KVim dev list): Every time I save my work, the window shrinks about 50 or so pixels on the right & bottom. After 5 or so saves, I have to manually maximize the window again, which is both annoying & ridiculous.

Bug #2 (which I have not experienced, but has been reported over and over again on the KVim dev list): A user simply opens KVim, and the window rapidly shrinks on the left & bottom until it is about a half-inch wide and a few inches tall, obviously making it unusable.

I found a solution to this and the other problem that I've reported a few times & never gotten a reply on (and yes, that ticks me off just a little bit).

1. Open KVim. In the upper left corner, click on the Window menu and choose Configure Window Behavior.
2. In the Configure - KDE Control Module window that opens, choose Window-Specific Settings from the list of choices on the left side.
3. Press the New button.
4. In the KDE Control Module window that opens, enter the following:
   • On the Window tab:
     1. Description: kvim_resize (or whatever you want)
     2. Window class: kvim
     3. Choose Exact Match from the dropdown under Window Class
   • On the Window Extra tab:
     1. Window types: choose everything except Dialog Window
   • On the Geometry tab (I am aware that some of the following may in fact be doing nothing toward solving my problem; basically I played with these choices until I got what I wanted):
     1. Check Size, then choose Force in the dropdown next to Size, and then enter 1024,710 in the textbox (these last numbers should be changed according to your needs - I'm using a 1024x768 resolution with a big KDE Panel)
     2. Check Maximized horizontally, then choose Force in the dropdown next to it, and check the box following the dropdown.
     3. Check Maximized vertically, then choose Force in the dropdown next to it, and check the box following the dropdown.
     4. Check Fullscreen, then choose Force in the dropdown next to it, but do NOT check the box following the dropdown.
   • Press OK at the bottom of the KDE Control Module window to close it.
5. Press OK in the bottom of the Configure - KDE Control Module window to close it.
6. Close KVim & restart it. It should open maximized & stay so as you use it, or when you save your work.

I find it incredible that these problems have been going on well over a year, and that many people have reported them multiple times, and yet it is still an issue. Fortunately, KDE gives us a way to work around these issues; hopefully one day the KVim developers will fix these issues themselves.