Re: [vile] Some issues/features

[Chris G]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 03:55:27PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:43:56 +0100
> Chris G <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 01:27:34PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> > > On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:17:16 -0400 (EDT)
> > > Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > That, and working on a different X driver were my current plan.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > A different X driver?  What does that mean concretely?  I personally am
> > > quite happy with XVile.
> > > 
> > Well, so am I, except for one thing - the available typefaces.  I'm
> > tending to use vile in a terminal nowadays in preference to xvile
> > because the available typefaces (gnome-terminal and/or xcfe4-terminal)
> > are *so* much nicer than those available in xvile.
> > 
> 
> Seems to me that you should be able to set any typeface you want in
> .Xdefaults.
> 
No, you can't, the scalable fonts like Dejavu Sans Mono available in
terminals and elsewhere can't be used in xvile.  I think xvile can
only use non-scalable fonts.

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Chris Green