Devuan bug report logs - #431
vim-gtk3: Unreadable font since update to gtk3

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From: Klaus Ethgen <Klaus@Ethgen.ch>

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Subject: vim-gtk3: Unreadable font since update to gtk3

Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:12:07 +0100

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Package: vim-gtk3
Version: 2:8.2.0510-1

I used vim-gtk for ages without problems. Most of the time I use it on
the console which is also working with the new version but some times I
need to use gvim (Mainly when I have to edit files with foreign UTF-8
chars in it as my console is not capable to display other than latin1).

Since the update that dropped the gtk2 version, gvim is not usable
anymore. When I start it, it comes up with an unreadable font like it
the attached screenshot.

I know that I can choose the font in edit menu but it will be the same
unreadable font the next start.

I have no idea what font gvim with gtk3 is using and I have no idea how
to get back a readable font there.

Regards
   Klaus
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From: Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk>

To: Klaus Ethgen <Klaus@Ethgen.ch>

Cc: 431-done@bugs.devuan.org

Subject: Re: vim-gtk3: Unreadable font since update to gtk3

Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:16:39 +0100

On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 05:18:09PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Am Mo den 27. Apr 2020 um 16:41 schrieb Mark Hindley:
> > What does your .vimrc contain? In partcular do you have settings for guifont
> > and/or guifontwide?
> 
> Good point. I have such a part since ages in my .vimrc and even don't
> know the original reason:
> ```
> set gcr+=a:blinkon0
> set gfn=9x13
> set guioptions=agimlTf
> set guifont=Courier\ 10\ Pitch\ 10
> ```
> 
> > If you do, does removing them and using the default fix it?
> 
> Removing the second and forth setting helps indeed.

Good. I will close this report as a configuration error.

Feel free to reopen if you are not happy with that.

> I am not sure  why that made problems with GTK3 and did not with GTK2.

No, nor me. Since neither vim not gtk2/3 is forked in Devuan, if you really
think that is a bug you would be better raising it on Debian's BTS.

Thanks

Mark

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