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How do I change the default font in gvim?
Setting a default gvim font in the gvimrc file The next time you start gvim, it will read this gvimrc configuration setting, and this should be your default gvim font.
How do I change the default font size in Vimrc?
In Vim, pop open the GUI to select the font by typing in this command: :set guifont=* . It should open up the standard font dialog box for your platform. Select the font you want to use and close the dialog.
How do I change the default color scheme in gvim?
You can set your preferred color scheme in gvim for MS Windows by editing the file _vimrc in C:\Program Files\Vim or the location where you installed Vim. Save the file and start gvim you will see your color scheme.
How do I save GVim settings?
3 Answers. You can use :set command to list all settings and put it to ${HOME}/. vimrc . :se[t] Show all options that differ from their default value.
Where should I put Vimrc?
The system vimrc should normally be left unmodified and is located in the $VIM * directory. The system vimrc is not a good place you keep your personal settings.
How to set the GUI font in.vimrc file?
I can set the gui font as Consolas 10 (font size) from the menu. I am trying to set this in .vimrc file like below: set guifont=Consolas\\ 10 But it doesn’t work….
Where do I put the font settings in gvim?
Since font is specific to the GUI versions of vim (i.e. gvim and macvim), you need to should put the set guifont=… line in your gvimrc. A good place for that is ~/.vim/gvimrc, but you can read help gvimrc for locations.
How do I set the default font size in Vim?
Whitespace matters for the set command. My recommendation for setting the font is to do (if your version supports it) This will pop up a menu that allows you to select the font. After selecting the font, type set guifont?
Why do I have to keep Vim settings in.gvimrc?
In essence, on start-up VIM reads the .vimrc. After that, if GUI is activated, it also reads the .gvimrc. IOW, all VIM general settings should be kept in .vimrc, all GUI specific things in .gvimrc. (But if you do no use console VIM then you can simply forget about the .vimrc.)