Re: Macvim seems not to be reading my .vimrc

On Jun 17, 2013, at 1:38 PM, Ben Fritz <fritzophrenic@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Monday, June 17, 2013 12:25:54 PM UTC-5, Eric Weir wrote:
>> Getting macvim set up on a new computer. It seems not to be reading the .vimrc. E.g., when I change font size and restart macvim the change doesn't take effect. The .vimrc is in my user directory.
>
> To see if Vim is reading ANY script, look at the output of the :scriptnames command.

Thanks, Ben.

The .vimc is the second script bering read out of a large group---50 plus.

> Did you actually edit your .vimrc file in order to change font size? What was the "set guifont" line before and after your change? What does :echo getfontname() tell you before and after your change? Font is a little more complicated than other options, you might just be entering a bad string.

Yes, I edited the .vimrc. Used the default mac text editor, textedit. :echo getfontname() returns nothing.

Regards,
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