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Asked: 2012-04-29 12:43:13 +0800 CST

gVIM has too much space between characters

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I installed ubuntu 12.04 lts yesterday, and didn't change any system setting, but gvim can't get correct font display, there's too much space between character.

Screeshot :

http://i.imgur.com/rm9hF.png

The .gvimrc file:

http://i.imgur.com/LngNy.png

fonts gvim

2 Answers

  1. Try another font.

    http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Change_font:

    In gvim, you can change the font using the Edit menu, Select Font. An alternative is to enter the command:

    :set guifont=*

    Once you have a font you like, you want to make it the default in the future. Do

    :set guifont?

    and Vim will display something like

    guifont=Lucida_Console:h11

    Make a note of this string. Now put a line in your vimrc to set guifont to this value, like this:

    if has('gui_running')
  set guifont=Lucida_Console:h11
endif

    Note: If there is a space in the text printed, such as

    guifont=Monospace 10

    it will be necessary to escape the space

    set guifont=Monospace\ 10
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  2. In my case:

    • gvim 8.1.1401
    • debian 10 (buster)
    • X11 with ratpoison

    worked to replace:

    guifont=Monospace:h10

    with

    guifont=Monospace\ 10

    similarily

    set guifont=Source\ Code\ Pro\ for\ Powerline:h10

    was replaced by

    set guifont=Source\ Code\ Pro\ for\ Powerline\ 10

    Not sure if it helps.

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