On May 14, 2012, at 12:59 PM, richard emberson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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; > > You may find DrawIt of use - http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html#DRAWIT Regards, Chip -- 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
