gvim question

[Bill Caroselli]

Using te graphical version of vim (gvim), does anyone know how to change
the font size?

I'm working on plain text files so I don't want to store font commands in
the text. My vision just isn't what it used to be and I want to use a
larger font.

[Chris Herborth]

Bill Caroselli wrote:

Using te graphical version of vim (gvim), does anyone know how to change
the font size?

My Google Fu results in:

http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/vimfaq.html#31.2

I'm working on plain text files so I don't want to store font commands in
the text. My vision just isn't what it used to be and I want to use a
larger font.

Or you could run the text only version in a bigger terminal window...

--
Chris Herborth (cherborth@qnx.com)
Never send a monster to do the work of an evil scientist.

[Robert Rutherford]

On 1 Dec 2004 17:15:01 GMT, Bill Caroselli wrote:

Using te graphical version of vim (gvim), does anyone know how to change
the font size?

I'm working on plain text files so I don't want to store font commands in
the text. My vision just isn't what it used to be and I want to use a
larger font.

Edit/Select Font...

To make it permanent you need to do something like "set guifont=XXX" inside
your .gvimrc

Rob Rutherford

[Bill Caroselli]

Robert Rutherford <mail@nospamplease.ruzz.com> wrote:
RR > On 1 Dec 2004 17:15:01 GMT, Bill Caroselli wrote:

Using te graphical version of vim (gvim), does anyone know how to change
the font size?

I'm working on plain text files so I don't want to store font commands in
the text. My vision just isn't what it used to be and I want to use a
larger font.

RR > Edit/Select Font...

RR > To make it permanent you need to do something like "set guifont=XXX" inside
RR > your .gvimrc

RR > Rob Rutherford

Hi Rob

I found this. And I know how to set things in .gvimrc.

However, when I select a font with the pop up dialog and then examine it
with ":set guifont", all it shows is "set guifont=*". If I try to put
that into the .gvimrc file, it not only doesn't bring up the pop up menu,
it fails to load at all.

I don't know how to format the string that needs to come after the
guifont=. And gvim isn't being very helpful.

But thanks for trying.

[Maurizio Rossi]

Hi Bill,

try "set guifont=monospace:s8"

Maurizio Rossi


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Robert Rutherford <mail@nospamplease.ruzz.com> wrote:
RR > On 1 Dec 2004 17:15:01 GMT, Bill Caroselli wrote:

Using te graphical version of vim (gvim), does anyone know how to
change
the font size?

I'm working on plain text files so I don't want to store font commands
in
the text. My vision just isn't what it used to be and I want to use a
larger font.

RR > Edit/Select Font...

RR > To make it permanent you need to do something like "set guifont=XXX"
inside
RR > your .gvimrc

RR > Rob Rutherford

Hi Rob

I found this. And I know how to set things in .gvimrc.

However, when I select a font with the pop up dialog and then examine it
with ":set guifont", all it shows is "set guifont=*". If I try to put
that into the .gvimrc file, it not only doesn't bring up the pop up menu,
it fails to load at all.

I don't know how to format the string that needs to come after the
guifont=. And gvim isn't being very helpful.

But thanks for trying.

[Sean Boudreau]

or
set guifont=PC\ Sansserif:s16

-seanb

Maurizio Rossi <mrossi@system-group.it> wrote:

Hi Bill,

try "set guifont=monospace:s8"

Maurizio Rossi

[Mario Charest]

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Robert Rutherford <mail@nospamplease.ruzz.com> wrote:
RR > On 1 Dec 2004 17:15:01 GMT, Bill Caroselli wrote:

Bill, just in case you didn't know. The source to workspace are available
so you could
make the fix you wanted to do.

I wanted to try backporting it to QNX4 but it's low in my priority list.

[Bill Caroselli]

Maurizio Rossi <mrossi@system-group.it> wrote:
MR > Hi Bill,

MR > try "set guifont=monospace:s8"

MR > Maurizio Rossi


Thank you. I needed a bogger font than s8 but now I have the syntax.

[Bill Caroselli]

Mario Charest <nowheretobefound@8thdimension.com> wrote:

MC > "Bill Caroselli" <qtps@earthlink.net> wrote in message
MC > news:con72d$8kv$1@inn.qnx.com...

Robert Rutherford <mail@nospamplease.ruzz.com> wrote:
RR > On 1 Dec 2004 17:15:01 GMT, Bill Caroselli wrote:

MC > Bill, just in case you didn't know. The source to workspace are available
MC > so you could
MC > make the fix you wanted to do.

MC > I wanted to try backporting it to QNX4 but it's low in my priority list.

Yes, I have the source but I don't have the time.

One day, maybe.

[Robert Krten]

Bill Caroselli <qtps@earthlink.net> wrote:

Maurizio Rossi <mrossi@system-group.it> wrote:
MR > Hi Bill,

MR > try "set guifont=monospace:s8"

MR > Maurizio Rossi

Thank you. I needed a bogger font than s8 but now I have the syntax.

"booger", not "bogger".



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[Bill Caroselli]

Robert Krten <rk@parse.com> wrote:
RK > Bill Caroselli <qtps@earthlink.net> wrote:

Maurizio Rossi <mrossi@system-group.it> wrote:
MR > Hi Bill,

MR > try "set guifont=monospace:s8"

MR > Maurizio Rossi

Thank you. I needed a bogger font than s8 but now I have the syntax.

RK > "booger", not "bogger".

RK >

<blush>
That's "bigger".
</blush>

[Chris Herborth]

Bill Caroselli wrote:

However, when I select a font with the pop up dialog and then examine it
with ":set guifont", all it shows is "set guifont=*". If I try to put
that into the .gvimrc file, it not only doesn't bring up the pop up menu,
it fails to load at all.

The FAQ says you query it with:

:set guifont?

--
Chris Herborth (cherborth@qnx.com)
Never send a monster to do the work of an evil scientist.

[Bill Caroselli]

Chris Herborth <cherborth@qnx.com> wrote:
CH > Bill Caroselli wrote:

However, when I select a font with the pop up dialog and then examine it
with ":set guifont", all it shows is "set guifont=*". If I try to put
that into the .gvimrc file, it not only doesn't bring up the pop up menu,
it fails to load at all.

CH > The FAQ says you query it with:

CH > :set guifont?

Right, but it doesn't show you how to format the font name string.
And, if you use te pop up menu, all :set guifont shows is:
:set guifont=*