Thanks, I'll bookmark this reply in case I end up on other platforms
using GVim. For my purposes, this will work well:
if has("gui_running")
if has("unix")
set guifont=DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono:h12:cDEFAULT
else
set guifont=Courier_New:9:cDEFAULT
endif
" Other settings
endif
Thomas
On Nov 12, 9:41 pm, Tony Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On 13/11/08 02:55, 703designs wrote:
>
> > How can I detect my current platform in Vim? I share my configuration
> > across platforms, and I need to set the font selectively:
>
> > I use courier on Windows, and Dejavu Sans on all other platforms.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Thomas
>
> Well, the key here is the has() function.
>
> For a quick and dirty test, use
>
> if has('unix')
> " unix-like platform (including Cygwin)
> else
> " probably Windows
> endif
>
> For the 'guifont' option, however, you need to take care of the five
> different incompatible formats used by various versions of Vim:
>
> if has('gui')
> " we use has('gui') rather than has('gui_running') here
> " so it will work even if we start Console Vim first
> " then run :gui manually (which is only possible on Unix)
> if has('gui_gtk2')
> set gfn=DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono\ 11
> elseif has('gui_photon')
> set gfn=DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono:s11
> elseif has('gui_kde')
> " the obsolete kvim
> " just make sure it works correctly if it hits our vimrc
> set gfn=DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono/11/-1/5/50/0/0/0/1/0
> elseif has('x11')
> " I'm guessing the following (other-X11 including GTK1)
> " please check, and correct if necessary.
> " On GTK1 (and maybe some others) you can use :set gfn=*
> " Replace by asterisks like here
> " to make it a little more general:
> set gfn=-*-dejavu-medium-r-normal-*-*-110-*-*-m-*-*
> " add another elseif here
> " if you want DejaVu on mac-without-x11
> else
> " not x11 (probably Windows)
> set gfn=Courier_New:h11:cDEFAULT
> endif
> endif
>
> In all cases the first or only number is the size (use, of course, a
> larger number for larger type, a smaller number for smaller type).
>
> Seehttp://vim.wikia.org/wiki/Setting_the_font_in_the_GUI
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
> --
> Hackers do it with fewer instructions.
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