This post is with regards to using extended box drawing characters in console Vim running in a xterm on Linux. Specifically, its about getting Vim to display not just the simple box drawing characters like "cntl-V u 2500" or "cntl-V u 250C" (which can be entered with cntl-K as digraphs) but also the heavy and double box characters such as "cntl-V u 2550" or "cntl-V u 253B".
Firstly, GVim and console Vim running in the rxvt variant, urxvt256c, worked just fine; display the extended box characters. So, what was the issue with console Vim in an xterm? Well, when starting the xterm I set the font to "10x20". Turns out the "10x20" which I've used for megaannum was the problem. Changing xterm to use the font '-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*' fixed the problem; Just an FYI. Richard -- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
