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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.3.635
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.3.635
+Problem:    Issue 21: System call during startup sets 'lines' to a wrong
+	    value. (Karl Yngve)
+Solution:   Don't set the shell size while the GUI is still starting up.
+	    (Christian Brabandt)
+Files:	    src/ui.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.3.634/src/ui.c	2012-07-10 16:49:08.000000000 +0200
+--- src/ui.c	2012-08-23 13:25:26.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 298,303 ****
+--- 298,306 ----
+      int	    retval;
+  
+  #ifdef FEAT_GUI
++     if (gui.starting)
++ 	/* possibly a system call during startup, check later */
++ 	return OK;
+      if (gui.in_use)
+  	retval = gui_get_shellsize();
+      else
+*** ../vim-7.3.634/src/version.c	2012-08-23 12:58:56.000000000 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2012-08-23 13:27:00.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 721,722 ****
+--- 721,724 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     635,
+  /**/
+
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+
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