Robert Hicks wrote:
Is there a function to determine if a font exists? Something like:
if exists("Monaco")
set gfn=Monaco:h10
elsif exists("Consolas")
set gfn=Consolas:h11
endif
Roughly...
Robert
Not exactly; but there are two possibilities to choose an existing font:
Method I.
Instead of setting 'guifont' to a single font, set it to a comma-separated
list. The first one found will be set, or if none is found you'll get some
"system default" monospace font.
Example for a cross-platform vimrc using Method I:
if has('gui_running')
if has('gui_gtk2')
set gfn=Monaco\ 10,Consolas\ 11,B&H\ Lucidatypewriter\ 9
set gfn+=Courier\ 10,Monospace\ 12
elseif has('gui_kde')
set gfn=Monaco/10/-1/5/50/0/0/0/1/0
set gfn+=Consolas/11/-1/5/50/0/0/0/1/0
set gfn+=B&H\ Lucidatypewriter/9/-1/5/50/0/0/0/1/0
set gfn+=Courier/10/-1/5/50/0/0/0/1/0
set gfn+=Monospace/12/-1/5/50/0/0/0/1/0
elseif has('x11')
set gfn=*-monaco-medium-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-m-*-*
set gfn+=*-consolas-medium-r-normal-*-*-110-*-*-m-*-*
set gfn+=*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-*-90-*-*-m-*-*
set gfn+=*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-m-*-*
set gfn+=*-monospace-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-m-*-*
else
set gfn=Monaco:h10,Consolas:h11,Lucida_Console:h9
set gfn+=Courier_New:h10,monospace:h12
endif
endif
Method II.
On some GUIs (including at least MS-Windows, GTK1, GTK2, Mac, Photon, and the
obsolete kvim), you can use
:set guifont=*
to pick your font from a menu (which will list only fonts available on your
system and acceptable to your version of gvim). You will have to do it by hand
though. Then after selecting a value,
:set guifont=<Tab>
will (if 'nocompatible' is set) show the new value on the command-line, with
escaping backslashes if and where needed: that's what you'll copy into your
vimrc. Hit Esc to clear the command line -- or you can edit the value there
and hit Enter to accept the changes, if you want to make a slight change to
the current font setting.
Best regards,
Tony.
