On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 10:36:21 AM UTC+8, Jacky Liu wrote:
> On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 7:17:38 AM UTC+8, L. A. Walsh wrote:
> > I am quite confused on setting
> > the highlight rules for TabLine{,Fill,Sel}.
> >
> > I am trying to set options on X11-Linux in a
> > Suse distro. I'm using version 7.3.831 (because
> > last I tried 7.4, everything was noticeable
> > slowed down due to the new regex engine. So
> > I just stayed at 7.3 for the nonce.
> >
> > My simplest option was to try to turn
> > the the foreground tab label *BOLD*.
> >
> > First try was using gui=bold -- no difference.
> > (note these options am trying in my color file
> > where changes to other options change colors
> > in various highlighting groups).
> >
> > At the bottom I tried:
> >
> > hi TabLineSel gui=bold
> >
> > 2nd try was to choose the Bold version of the font
> > I am using:
> >
> > hi TabLineSel term=reverse cterm=reverse gui=reverse font=Ubuntu\
> > Mono\ Bold\ 14
> >
> > My normal gui font from my '.gvimrc':
> >
> > set guifont=Ubuntu\ Mono\ 14
> >
> > I selected the bold font using the gui picker and
> > displayed it using ":set guifont?".
> >
> > But I get an error about it not finding the equals sign.
> > It seems it doesn't like spaces in the font name using backslashes,
> > and neither double nor single quotes (note:single quotes are
> > recommended for specifying the highlight colors (from 'syntax.txt'):
> >
> > To use a color name with an embedded space or other special character,
> > put it in single quotes. The single quote cannot be used then.
> > Example:
> > :hi comment guifg='salmon pink'
> >
> > I also tried changing the *color*:
> >
> > hi TabLineSel term=bold cterm=bold guifg=#f020e0
> >
> > (which works for syntax highlighting, but not for the TabLineSel)
> > in the gui.
> >
> > So why am I having problems getting the tab highlighting
> > controls working in the gui?
> >
> > Thanks for any insights/helps...
> >
> > Linda
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Also tried changing color:
> >
> > hi TabLineSel term=bold cterm=bold guifg=#f020e0
>
>
>
> I believe the names that start with "tabline" -- either options or highlight
> groups -- will not be used at all if you're using GUI version of Vim, and
> thus will have no effect. The only way you can do something to the tabline
> under Gvim is through the 'guitab'-something options.
you can make vim use the terminal style tabline though, by doing 'set
guioptions-=e', but the 'TabLine...' hi groups still have no effect, at least
not on my computer. They were meant for console vim, not gvim, I believe.
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