That was very helpful.
Thank you!
Yosi
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Tony Mechelynck
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 16/11/08 15:57, yosi izaq wrote:
>> Great tip!
>>
>> I have added this section to my .vimrc on cygwin:
>> 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
>>
>>
>> However, the selected font when I start gvim is Sans, regular 12.
>> While I'd have like to have Sans Bold 13. Can you please suggest how
>> to make do it?
>>
>> BTW, I'm using this alias for gvim for setting font. It works well for me:
>> gvim -font Courier\ Bold\ 13
>>
>> 10x,
>> Yosi
>
> Well, change the appropriate line(s). I would not recommend setting your
> default font to Bold, because then you would lose the distinction (on
> the gvim display) between bold (like e.g. the current statusline, or
> <b>...</b> in HTML, etc.) and unbold (like the statuslines of
> non-current split windows, non-bold HTML, etc.) Yours seem to be the
> "GTK2" GUI flavour, in which case the line to change is the "set gfn="
> under "has('gui_gtk2')". Increase the number for a larger font, etc. For
> size-13 DejaVu Sans Mono Bold (which I don't recommend) on GTK2, I guess
> it would be, well, "set gfn=DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono\ Bold\ 13".
>
> The whole idea of the above snippet is to have something readable on all
> possible platforms (and 'guifont' nonempty), which you can then tweak if
> it isn't exactly what you want. If bitmapped Courier 13 bold is your
> favourite font, well insert "set gfn=Courier\ Bold\ 13" under
> has('gui_gtk2') and presto! voilà.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
> --
> "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out,
> which is the exact opposite."
> -- Bertrand Russell, "Skeptical_Essays", 1928
>
> >
>
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