Re: Strange font rendering in gVIM 7.3 in Unix

On 12/12/11 05:42, Jerry wrote:
> I recently compiled a VIM 7.3 under Unix. I am using all default
> options.
> When opening GVIM, I found that the font rendering is really crappy.
> It is entirely unacceptable when compared with VIM 7.2
> Here are the screen shots for the same piece of code under two
> versions. The font was set to be the same.
> gVIM 7.3 screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/K2nbx.jpg
> gVIM 7.2 screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/wyHdw.jpg
>
> I did some research and know that VIM 7.3 is complied with GTK2 and
> VIM 7.2 is compiled with GTK.
> But I still can not figure out what went wrong.
> Can somebody help me with this? Any tips are appreciated.
> Thank you very much in advance.
>

If you want gvim to use a good-looking font (and "good-looking" in
_your_ eyes), you should set the 'guifont' option in your vimrc. Beware
that this option's allowable values vary from one GUI flavour to the
next, and in particular between GTK1 (which falls under "other X11" in
the wiki page linked below) and GTK2.

See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Setting_the_font_in_the_GUI

Best regards,
Tony.
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it's sold out. Then I'm sailing to France to be honored by the French
government -- I'd give it all up for one erection.
-- Groucho Marx

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