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Launch VIM on specific monitor in dual screen setup

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I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with a dual screen setup. I have a launcher in my panel that starts up VIM, and I always want it to start on the right monitor. Is there something that I can add to the command line in the launcher to make that happen? Either a VIM parameter, or some other non-VIM-specific trick?

Note that I don't want all instances of VIM to launch to the right monitor. For instance, if I start it from a terminal, I prefer to have it on the left, or whatever monitor my terminal was on.

EDIT FWIW, I'm using GNOME, currently on version 2.30.2.

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answered 2 Years ago hergy · Accepted Answer

Try:

gvim -c "winpos 1600 0"

where, e.g., 1600 is the pixel width of the left monitor. This should make it start on the first pixel of the right monitor. See :help winpos in vim for more info.