Hi, Vimmer, I intended to reply this just to Zhichao, but on second thought, I think it would be better to share it within this list, as I hope some resources I mentioned below would be useful to those who are also interested.
Thanks, Zhaojun ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Zhaojun WU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Apr 22, 2007 2:32 PM Subject: Re: VimWin To: Zhichao Hong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 4/22/07, Zhichao Hong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry, I don't use gui while in linux. The ugly fonts in x windows are killing my eyes. Yes it includes the dejavu mono.
First, sorry for the off-topic reply. :) This is not for your VIM win32 based binary, nor for the comparison between vc++ and g++. This is for your claim about the "ugly" font in X window. :) I don't know why you say the font in X window is ugly if you are not saying the Chinese font. AFAI, the BitStream Vera Sans Mono (or its inheritor, the Dejavu fonts) looks very pretty in my GVIM and it is really one of the fonts just for programmer [http://www.lowing.org/fonts/] . One case might be possible when the font looks really uncomfortable if you install your Linux system choosing the Simplified Chinese as the default language and without any customization after the installation. It was a headache owing to the less Chinese support in many Linux distributions before, but now, I think it is better although far from "perfect". However, if you tweak your locale setting and the xorg.conf, or in another word, do the "Chinese Beautification" - a hot topic in every Linux related forum/BBS/blogs in Chinese communities, you can get better feeling about the X window, at least in English font. For Chinese fonts, if you think copying the Sim series fonts from your own Windows OS to your own Linux box is also a behavior of breaching MS's IP, WenQuanYi [http://wqy.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/enindex.cgi] is a great but free of charge solution. In a word, it is not X Window's fault, do not put your blame on it. :) -- Best, Zhaojun (Joseph)
