On 5 June 2013 06:28, Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1. ":set guifont=Cousine\ 10" is only for gvim with GTK2 GUI. On Windows, > AFAIK that can only exist for running under Cygwin X11 with the Cygwin DLL. > For "native" Windows (running with no help of Cygwin or X11), you should > use ":set guifont=Cousine:h10:cDEFAULT". > > I am using Linux and thus gvim is running on top of GTK2. > 2. You should set 'guifont' in your vimrc so it loads at the very start of > GUI startup (it will be remembered until then). In the gvimrc I think it is > too late. > > This is very non-intuitive. I tried it, and it gets me the same result. Specifically, I removed ~/.gvimrc and added 'set guifont=Cousine\ 10' as the very first line of my ~/.vimrc , the result is the same. > 3. Which sort of GUI you got is displayed near the top of the output of > ":version". > > Right, it is GTK2 as expected: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled May 19 2013 18:32:57) Included patches: 1-918 Compiled by ArchLinux Huge version with GTK2 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): [...] > 4. See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Setting_the_font_in_the_GUI for details. > > Thanks for the link and the answer > > Best regards, > Tony. > -- > "I had to hit him -- he was starting to make sense." > > > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Ivan Kanakarakis <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hey people, >> >> I found a nice font called "Cousine". >> Trying it on my running gvim window, with ':set gfn=Cousine\ 10' >> I likec it and decided to make it the default when opening gvim. >> So, I opened up ~/.gvimrc and edited it to: >> >> colorscheme molokai >> set guifont=Cousine\ 10 >> >> (that's the whole ~/.gvimrc) >> Upon opening gvim I got this: http://i.imgur.com/FfZHYCR.png >> >> "Blindly" typing ':set gfn=' resets the font to monospace and show fine >> If I continue with ':set gfn=Cousine\ 10' I get again the nice look of >> this font. >> >> Asking on irc for possible explanations mgedmin prompted to try >> adding 'gui' before setting the guifont, so changing my ~/.gvimrc to >> >> colorscheme molokai >> gui >> set guifont=Cousine\ 10 >> >> fixed it, and gvim now loads the font and works great. >> >> So, could this be a bug ? >> >> Let me note that if I change ~/.gvim to >> >> colorscheme molokai >> set guifont=DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono\ 12 >> >> then it loads that font fine, no need for 'gui'. >> >> I am using VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Apr 28 2013 >> 10:08:34) >> and attached is the bugreport.txt >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> *Ivan c00kiemon5ter Kanakarakis* >:3 >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. >> Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. >> For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "vim_dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- *Ivan c00kiemon5ter Kanakarakis* >:3 -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
