diff --git a/content/technical/2008/09/pimping-vim-on-windows.html b/content/technical/2008/09/pimping-vim-on-windows.html index e67f276..500f241 100644 --- a/content/technical/2008/09/pimping-vim-on-windows.html +++ b/content/technical/2008/09/pimping-vim-on-windows.html @@ -1,33 +1,34 @@ Following Nick Kreeger's handy post on tweaking MacVim on Mac OS X I applied some of the tips to GVim under Windows to make it a little easier on the eye. The following settings are placed in your _vimrc/.vimrc file. -First up is a change of font. With the introduction of Windows Vista Microsoft had a set of new standard fonts created. These also ship with the latest versions of Office. The Consolas monospaced font makes a good programmers font so I this as the font when running under Windows. I've also set the size to be relatively small. +First up is a change of font. With the introduction of Windows Vista Microsoft had a set of new standard fonts created. These also ship with the latest versions of Office. The Consolas monospaced font makes a good programmers font so I use this as the font when running under Windows. I've also set the size to be relatively small.
if has("gui_win32")
     :set guifont=Consolas:h8,ProggyTiny:h8,Luxi_Mono:h12:cANSI
-endif
Next up set the window to start tall and a little wider than normal: +endif -set columns=90 lines=65 +Next up set the window to start tall and a little wider than normal: + + set columns=90 lines=65 I share my vim config with Cygwin and Windows native vim. In order to get the Windows version to pick up the UNIX plugins etc in the .vim I include the following: -
" Make Windows use my UNIX vimfiles
-if has("win32")
-    set runtimepath=$HOME/.vim,$HOME/vimfiles,$VIM/vimfiles,$VIMRUNTIME,$VIM/vimfiles/after,$HOME/vimfiles/after
-endif
+ " Make Windows use my UNIX vimfiles + if has("win32") + set runtimepath=$HOME/.vim,$HOME/vimfiles,$VIM/vimfiles,$VIMRUNTIME,$VIM/vimfiles/after,$HOME/vimfiles/after + endif Turn on a custom status line which includes the file name, file type, modified and read only status, line and column numbers and the percentage through the file. -set laststatus=2 -set statusline=%<%f\ %m%a%=%([%R%H%Y]%)\ %-19(%3l\ of\ %L,%c%)%P -set showcmd + set laststatus=2 + set statusline=%<%f\ %m%a%=%([%R%H%Y]%)\ %-19(%3l\ of\ %L,%c%)%P + set showcmd Along the lines of what Nick did I turned line numbers on and toned the colour down a bit: -colorscheme koehler -hi LineNr guifg=#666666 -set number + colorscheme koehler + hi LineNr guifg=#666666 + set number So what does it all like in the end? Still not as good as MacVim but not too bad (click for full size version, scaled version looks a bit average): Screenshot of GVim on Windows after customisation -