Cool, many thanks boesi and tim for your answers! --- Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > set guifont=Lucida_Console:h10 > > "Courier:h10" also works but other common fonts > like > > "Arial:h10" don't work. Is that because they are > not > > mono spaced? > > gVim's only happy with monospaced fonts. I've heard > rumors of > being able to coerce it to used other fonts, but the > results are > usually pretty ugly. > > :help e236 > > for more on that. > > > If I find a font which I like, must I put it into > > Windows' Fonts directory, yes? > > It must be accessible like fonts in any other > program in Windows > which generally means putting them in the > system-wide fonts > directory. I don't know if Win32 offers a means for > a > non-priv'ed user to add fonts to the system by > putting them in > some magic directory in their own branch of the > "Documents and > Settings" folder. > > > But then I need to work out the syntax for it in > > _gvimrc. How do I work it out? OK, a space in > Windows > > is probably an underscore, but is there anything > else > > I need look out for? > > > The easiest way is to simply use > > :set guifont=* > > and pick the font you want/like. Then, simply issue > > :set guifont? > > and Vim will tell you what it wants. There are a > variety of > characters that need to be escaped (spaces, commas, > backslashes) > all described in > > :help guifont > > -tim > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
