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iwaka

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Registered: 2016-03-24

Posts: 3

Font in vim won't change from terminal font

I'm using urxvt with a Chinese-friendly font, because, well, I need decent Chinese fonts in my terminal
However, I would like to use DejaVu Sans Mono in vim, and I have the following line in my .vimrc:

set gfn=DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono\ 12

This works in gvim absolutely fine, but vim still uses the terminal font, even though when I make an inquiry with :set gfn? it claims to be using DejaVu. Changing to another font, like Inconsolata, doesn't make any visible difference, but again vim registers the change and claims to be using the new font, when it actually isn't.

Is urxvt overwriting vim's settings? How can I fix this?

Thanks.

seiichiro0185

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From: Leipzig/Germany

Registered: 2009-04-09

Posts: 226

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Re: Font in vim won't change from terminal font

The gfn option only changes the font for gvim, it is ignored for vim in a terminal. AFAIK it is not possible for vim to  use a different font than the terminal it runs in.

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Gordon

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2012-06-25

Posts: 19

Re: Font in vim won't change from terminal font

Change it in your terminal preferences. It does change in xterm.