Trying gvim-gtk2 and gvim-motif on Linux system (I didn't try
other gui's but I could if needed) I found the
following differences I am not able to say if they are
correct or not:
- :set guifont=*
.. select the font from the font selector that pops up
.. and observe that:
. in gtk2, the 'guifont' will be set to the choice
. in motif it will not be (guifont will stay set to '*')
Comment: I found very convenient to see to what it is set to
because I can than copy&paste it to .gvimrc
so I like gtk2 behavior.
Could motif be made to behave the same way?
What about other gui's?
- in both: when I enter :set guifont=* for the first time,
make no selection click OK, and repeat the command,
the choice displayed the first and the second time will be very
different. From then on the display will always be like the
second time. Repeatable.
Why?
- Question:
I have different settings of guifont (list of fonts) for gtk2,
motif, X11, win32, etc. When I startup gvim, I don't actually know,
which font has been picked up for a given choice of gui (which
element in the guifont list) or maybe one that is not in the
list when none in the list exists on the platform I am running.
This is really painful and time consuming to find out what needs
to be changed for a given O/S platform to get a pleasing display.
If you move from platform to another often it becomes a headache.
So: is there or could we have a way to actually display the
font definition which has been chosen?
like :set thisguifont?
- perhaps unrelated question:
using colorscheme 'xterm16', I find very striking differences
in highlightings between motif and gtk2 gui. Motif could be
called "beautiful" while gtk2 "lousy" at best.
Is there any coherent explanation to this?
Perhaps someone will worry why am I trying different gui's, why
not pick up one I like and stick to it..
That's because some platforms have only installed and not others.
Thanks and cheers,
---Zdenek
