Changes: Set gvim font in MacOSX

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created March 5, 2005 · complexity basic · author flipouk · version 6.0

You set your font for gvim on Mac OS X by including a line like this in your $HOME/.vimrc or $HOME/.gvimrc:

set guifont=Monaco:h14

or

set guifont=Andale\ Mono:h14

If your font doesn't look smooth, you can try adding this line to $HOME/.gvimrc:

set antialias

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-If you set up your font for gvim on MacOSX by including a line similar to this in your $HOME/.vimrc:
+}}
+You set your font for gvim on Mac OS X by including a line like this in your $HOME/.vimrc or $HOME/.gvimrc:
+<pre>
+set guifont=Monaco:h14
+</pre>
+or
+<pre>
+set guifont=Andale\ Mono:h14
+</pre>
+If your font doesn't look smooth, you can try adding this line to $HOME/.gvimrc:
-set gfn=Monaco:h14
+<pre>
+set antialias
+</pre>
+==References==
-you might find that the font is ugly compared to the same font used e.g. in the terminal app.
+*{{help|'guifont'}}
+*{{help|'antialias'}}
-To avoid this problem, add this line to $HOME/.gvimrc:
-set antialias
-(tested with vim 6.3 on MacOSX 10.3.8)
-}}
-== Comments ==
+==Comments==
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