From: "Dr. Beau Webber" <J.B.W.Webber kent ac.uk>, Wed, December 05, 2007 4:40 am > > > "maybe you meant encoding instead of font?" > > Hmmm, currently it is "font" I am changing, to get say the Apl font > - works fine, but as I say, I then also need other tabs working with > just the standard Fixedsys font.
The Vim help says &guifont is global, so I don't believe different fonts can be used in separate buffers. I'd recommend you just get a good unifont that has all the characters you need. I suggest Andale Mono or Bitstream Vera Sans Mono. (Obviously, if you are dealing with existing files some conversion would be required... see :help charconvert.) > > "However, we do not change fileencoding unless the user > > specifically does this through the Format menu item." > > I am not quite clear what fileencoding does usefully change - > presumably the mapping of the characters ? > - if I select Greek fileencoding, say, an "a" still gives me an "a", > not <alpha>, (which I would expect to get from a font change). Essentially, Vim has two distinct options, see :help encoding :help fileencoding The first relates to Vim's internal encoding, that used to interpret key presses, scripts used by menus, etc. The second relates to the file itself, the actual bits stored on disk. It is theoretically possible to have Vim use one encoding (UTF-8) while working in a file of another encoding (Latin) but you then have to be extremely careful of making key presses which insert characters that don't fit the file's encoding. As a mono-lingual, non-mathematically or scientifically inclined English speaker, I've thus far escaped educating myself beyond what encoding options work for me and tend to favor simplicity by keeping both encoding and fileencoding the same. But there are others here who far better versed on this Vim capability and might be able to get you past my overly simplistic explanation, hopefully they will chime in. > I will also go ask my questions in a Vim group, but thanks for the > comments, Let us know if there is something specifically in Cream that prevents you from using any Vim capabilities, we want to avoid that. -- Steve Hall [ digitect dancingpaper com ] :: Cream... usability for Vim :: http://cream.sourceforge.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ cream-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cream-general
