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How to change the font in gVim terminal?
I want to change the font in GVIM. It refuses to use Courier\\ New or Courier_New names. The default font is ugly and I wanted to change it to something prettier, like monospace font that I use in my terminal, but xfontsel does not show his font. set guifont=* neither works.
How to install fonts in gvim on Fedora 12?
The tutorial is titled: installing fonts in your home directory on Fedora 12. Which will bring up the dialog for selecting your font in gvim. See this tutorial on the Vim wiki for doing this as well and making them permanent. I’d suggest the Proggy Fonts if you want something that looks good and fits nicely with doing development.
Do you need SSHFS to use Vim?
Sshfs is available on most unices (but not on Windows). Once mounted, you can edit files with Vim and generally manipulate files as if they were local. Sshfs requires SFTP access on the remote machine. Alternatively, you can make Vim do the remote access. The netrw plugin is bundled with Vim.
How can I use Vim to edit files?
One approach is to mount the remote filesystem over sshfs. Sshfs is available on most unices (but not on Windows). Once mounted, you can edit files with Vim and generally manipulate files as if they were local. Sshfs requires SFTP access on the remote machine. Alternatively, you can make Vim do the remote access.
What’s the difference between gVim and Vim emulator?
Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. gVim is the GUI version of Vim (opposed to Vim running in a terminal emulator). It behaves exactly the same, but has additional graphical features.
What to do if the font is empty in Vim?
If the current value is empty, you will have to proceed in some other way. In that case, press to leave command-line mode. If the current value is empty, or if the current font has neither the shape nor the size that you want, try method 2 above.