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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

w.core
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2 Answers2

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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
joar
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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.

Kamil Niklasinski
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