Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-07 Thread Ben Fritz
On Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 12:58:23 AM UTC-5, TanParker wrote: > thank you, I have used the font, but it still cannot show all the symbol > correctly, as below, I want to know the reason, and the solution ? >   >   Oh, I thought you were asking about the specific symbols already mention

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-07 Thread Charles Campbell
topic. Instead, >> send an email to the group with your new topic (not a reply). >> The original subject: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt? After hijacking the thread, your new subject: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file.

RE: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-06 Thread TanParker
@outlook.com > Subject: Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line > in a file > > On Monday, April 6, 2015 at 10:44:47 PM UTC-5, TanParker wrote: > > I use DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono font on windows 7, but still cannot see all the > > symbols, which

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-06 Thread Ben Fritz
On Monday, April 6, 2015 at 10:44:47 PM UTC-5, TanParker wrote: > I use DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono font on windows 7, but still cannot see all the > symbols, which font can be used to show all symbols ? > > "DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono" is the wrong format for Windows. It's more like this: "DejaVu_Sans_Mono:h1

RE: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-06 Thread TanParker
I use DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono font on windows 7, but still cannot see all the symbols, which font can be used to show all symbols ? > Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 17:26:49 -0400 > From: vim_use@googlegroups.com > To: vim_use@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: How to indicate multiple window lines

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-06 Thread 'Paul' via vim_use
I confirm that using Deja Vu Sans Mono on my Windows 8.1 pc solves my problem. Even though it still does not show all the symbols in digraph, it shows much more than using other default fonts. Thank you for your help. Paul. On 4/6/2015 4:23 PM, 'Paul' via vim_use wrote: Thank you for the infor

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-06 Thread 'Paul' via vim_use
Thank you for the information, Tim. Unfortunately I don't use Linux machines. I will try another font and see whether it works on my pc or not. Paul. On 4/3/2015 12:32 PM, Tim Chase wrote: On 2015-04-03 12:06, 'Paul' via vim_use wrote: Thank Tim for the suggestion. I should mention that I am u

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-06 Thread 'Paul' via vim_use
Thank you for the information, Ben. I will try Deja Vu Sans Mono and see if it helps or not. I will post my results. Paul. On 4/3/2015 5:10 PM, Ben Fritz wrote: On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 11:31:39 AM UTC-5, Tim Chase wrote: It works in the Linux+X+gvim and Linux+X+uxterm/urxvt+vim combination

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-06 Thread 'Paul' via vim_use
Paul, thanks for the suggestion. This is what I currently did. I use a symbol like "|", but wish I can use other digraph symbols that look better. Unfortunately many of them do not show in my gvim window in Windows 8.1. Paul. On 4/4/2015 3:53 AM, Paul Isambert wrote: It will show ▲ at the

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-06 Thread 'Paul August' via vim_use
I just saw your two messages (for some reasons they were moved into a spam folder by my server). I understand what you meant. But I don't understand why you think the quoted paragraph changed the topic indicated in the subject line. Maybe we misunderstood each other. Maybe you meant my followup

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-04 Thread Paul Isambert
> It will show ▲ at the beginning of a line that is continued from the line > above. When choosing the character for showbreak, I tried to choose a symbol > from the digraph table so that it is not mixed up with the normal > characters. You can also use the NonText highlight group to differentia

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-03 Thread Ben Fritz
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 11:31:39 AM UTC-5, Tim Chase wrote: > > It works in the Linux+X+gvim and Linux+X+uxterm/urxvt+vim > combinations I use here. Same on the FreeBSD box I've got nearby. > But since I don't have a Windows machine at hand, I'm afraid I can't > be much more help here and wil

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-03 Thread Tim Chase
On 2015-04-03 12:06, 'Paul' via vim_use wrote: > Thank Tim for the suggestion. I should mention that I am using gvim > 7.4 on a Windows 8.1 system. I set my gvim window font as > > set guifont Andale_Mono:h10 > > Following your suggestion, I tried other available fonts via menu > Edit->Select Fo

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-03 Thread 'Paul' via vim_use
Thank Tim for the suggestion. I should mention that I am using gvim 7.4 on a Windows 8.1 system. I set my gvim window font as set guifont Andale_Mono:h10 Following your suggestion, I tried other available fonts via menu Edit->Select Font... Unfortunately none of them is better than Andale_Mon

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-03 Thread Charles E Campbell
Charles Campbell wrote: 'Paul' via vim_use wrote: Currently I use "set number" for this purpose. But it takes a lot of window space. So I wonder whether there is a better way to do it, such as the way used in Emacs window (showing a little line wrap symbol at the end of a window line if it conti

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-03 Thread Tim Chase
On 2015-04-03 10:55, 'Paul' via vim_use wrote: > if I type C-K PR to get a right triangle ▶, vim just shows an empty > box. But it does show up triangle ▲ if I type C-K UT. Does anyone > know how to set up vim so that it will show all symbols in the > digraph table? This is likely an issue with ei

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-03 Thread 'Paul' via vim_use
I decided to use showbreak to solve my problem before I find a better solution. In my vimrc file, I have let &showbreak='▲' It will show ▲ at the beginning of a line that is continued from the line above. When choosing the character for showbreak, I tried to choose a symbol from the digraph t

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-02 Thread Charles Campbell
'Paul' via vim_use wrote: > Currently I use "set number" for this purpose. But it takes a lot of > window space. So I wonder whether there is a better way to do it, such > as the way used in Emacs window (showing a little line wrap symbol at > the end of a window line if it continues to the next wi

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-01 Thread Christian Brabandt
Am 2015-04-01 15:00, schrieb 'Paul August' via vim_use: Christian: Thank you for your quick response. The showbreak option helps. But it looks like a character is inserted at the beginning of each continued line. It is a workable but not an ideal solution. Ideally, I would like to have showbreak

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-01 Thread 'Paul August' via vim_use
Christian: Thank you for your quick response. The showbreak option helps. But it looks like a character is inserted at the beginning of each continued line. It is a workable but not an ideal solution. Ideally, I would like to have showbreak symbol to be displayed in the margin. I did try num

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-04-01 Thread Christian Brabandt
Am 2015-04-01 08:56, schrieb Paul Isambert: Le mercredi 01 avril 2015 à 04:21, 'Paul' via vim_use a écrit: Currently I use "set number" for this purpose. But it takes a lot of window space. So I wonder whether there is a better way to do it, such as the way used in Emacs window (showing a littl

Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-03-31 Thread Paul Isambert
Le mercredi 01 avril 2015 à 04:21, 'Paul' via vim_use a écrit: > Currently I use "set number" for this purpose. But it takes a lot of window > space. So I wonder whether there is a better way to do it, such as the way > used in Emacs window (showing a little line wrap symbol at the end of a > windo

How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

2015-03-31 Thread 'Paul' via vim_use
Currently I use "set number" for this purpose. But it takes a lot of window space. So I wonder whether there is a better way to do it, such as the way used in Emacs window (showing a little line wrap symbol at the end of a window line if it continues to the next window line), or maybe show alte