On Jun 17, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday, June 17, 2013 1:06:38 PM UTC-5, Eric Weir wrote: > >> Yes, I edited the .vimrc. Used the default mac text editor, textedit. :echo >> getfontname() returns nothing. > > I've never seen getfontname() return nothing. > > Without arguments, getfontname() is supposed to return whatever font is > actually being used by gvim, whether it was found in the guifont option, or > is just the default font. > > However it doesn't work if the GUI is not running. Did you run the ":echo > getfontname()" command manually from gvim, after it is all the way started > up, and not in your .vimrc, etc.? Thanks again, Ben. I'm using macvim. I ran getfontname() from the command line. > Note, the best way to set a font, is to use the dialog, with ":set guifont=*" > > Then you can make note of the exact font string used, by doing ":set > guifont?" to echo it, and use that string in your .vimrc or .gvimrc. I have this in my .vimrc: set guifont=Monaco:h14 When I do :set guifont? I get set guifont=Monaco:h10 Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "With an ounce of willingness, everything can change." - Kim -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" 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.
