Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Re: wide letter spacing when using gvim (GUI mode)

Dear Sirs,

I am adding more details to my problem.

I use monospace. I access gvim using xterm via reflectionX (an xterm app). I am attaching two files vim.png and gvim.png generated using the same vimrc and the same xterm. You will immediately see what I mean. Now I know it probably has something to do with guifontwide, but just cannot get the problem solved. 
My .vimrc file is simple:
" set fileencodings=latin1          " tried this too but it does not work.
set hlsearch
set cinoptions=:0,p0,t0
set cinwords=if,elsif,else,while,do,for,switch,case,foreach,unless,until
set guifont=Monospace\ 8
"set guifontset=Monospace \8      " tried this too but it does not work
"set guifontwide=Monospace\ 8    " tried this too but it does not work.

Here is vim detail:
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Feb 17 2012 10:22:22)
Included patches: 1-411
Modified by <bugzilla@redhat.com>
Compiled by <bugzilla@redhat.com>
Huge version with GTK2 GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent +clientserver
+clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments +cryptv +cscope +cursorshape
 +dialog_con_gui +diff +digraphs +dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search
+farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input
+iconv +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds
+localmap +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse +mouseshape +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm
-mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme
 +netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra +perl +postscript +printer +profile +python
+quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime
+statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo
+termresponse +textobjects +title +toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual
+visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup +X11 -xfontset
+xim +xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
   system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  system gvimrc file: "/etc/gvimrc"
    user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
    system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr
/lib64/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -
I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/f
reetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12     -O2 -g -pipe -Wall  -fexceptions -fstack-protector --par
am=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -D_FORTIFY_SOU
RCE=1    -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE  -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOUR
CE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -I/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE  -I/usr/include/python2.6 -pthread
Linking: gcc   -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE   -L/usr/local/lib -o vim   -lgtk-x11-
2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lcair
o -lpango-1.0 -lfreetype -lfontconfig -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lglib-2.0   -lXt -lselinux
  -lncurses -lacl -lgpm   -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE  -fstack-protector  -L/usr/
lib64/perl5/CORE -lperl -lresolv -lutil -lc -L/usr/lib64/python2.6/config -lpython2.6 -lutil
-lm -Xlinker -export-dynamic


Thanks!

Alex


On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:25 PM, John Little <John.B.Little@gmail.com> wrote:
That's what you get if you use a non-monospace font with the GTK2 build of vim (that build is the default).  Try switching to a font that has "mono" in its name.


Regards, John Little

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