Should it be possible to resize the window with "set columns"?

[a-torgovitsky]

On gvim:
set columns = 50
resizes a window

This also works in terminal nvim (using gnome terminal).

However, this doesn't work for me in neovim-gtk.
If the new number of columns is smaller than the old number, then the window stays the same size, but the "editor space" gets reduced.
If the new number of columns is larger than the old number, then nothing appears to happen.
Is that expected? If so, is there a different command I should be using?

In case it is not expected, here is my system info:

• OS: Linux Mint Cinnamon 19
• Neovim version: 0.2.2
• Neovim-Gtk build version: commit f4c2b2c from October 25th

[bk2204]

I'd also like this feature, except with lines. With gvim, I normally set a 24-character height by default but have a mapping to expand it to the full height of the screen by setting lines. Any other way to do this would also be fine; I'm not picky. I used the latest HEAD on Debian sid/amd64.

[jacobmischka]

I believe I implemented this here, would appreciate if you gave it a shot and let me know if it works how you expect: https://github.com/jacobmischka/neovim-gtk/tree/handle-resize

[bk2204]

Yeah, that looks great. It seems to do everything I want.

I appreciate the quick patch; I had planned to look at this this weekend, but now I don't have to.

[jacobmischka]

Great!

[jacobmischka]

Just a heads up if you're using that branch in the meantime: I force pushed after realizing I could move some borrows and clones after the checks. Sorry!

[bk2204]

This is working pretty well for me. @jacobmischka, would you be willing to open a pull request? It would be great to get this incorporated in the main version.

[jacobmischka]

I did a month ago #264

[bk2204]

Ah, my apologies. I missed that.