Vimr: Choosing certain fonts has no effect on VimR's appearence

[ravicious]

Version 0.34.0 (355), macOS 10.15

I just bought Comic Code Ligatures and wanted to use it in VimR.

However, if I choose it from the font selector, nothing changes in the actual editor windows, even though the preview renders properly.

Same thing happens if I choose a bunch of other fonts like Arial or Georgia. Choosing fonts like Monaco or Fira Code updates the editor though.

I tried restarting VimR, but that didn't help.

[clason]

I've noticed something similar with a patched (non-ligature) font, but only with the last snapshot or two. I suspect these are fonts that do not correctly report themselves as being fixed width.

[clason]

Oh, maybe it's something else: do the settings take if you open a new window (cmd-N) _while the Preferences window is open_? (You can close everything afterwards, but some options only seem to get applied -- and then saved -- on opening a new window.)

[ravicious]

do the settings take if you open a new window (cmd-N) while the Preferences window is open?

Unfortunately no. If I choose Menlo or Monaco as a font or change the size, the settings are applied immediately to existing windows.

I guess it has to do with what you said previously about the font not reporting itself as fixed with and VimR refusing to use it for some reason.

[muxcmux]

Has anyone found a solution to this? I'm trying to use a patched version of SF Mono (with powerline symbols), but I can't seem to make it work. I've also noticed that the font doesn't appear under "Fixed Width" collection. Maybe a problem with the font itself not reporting as being fixed width? Any pointers or suggestions welcome!

[ravicious]

I switched to neovim-qt. It has its own share of rendering problems, but it doesn’t have this particular problem.

[numbcoder]

I found that it only works if the font you selected is in the Fixed Width collection.

[numbcoder]

ping @qvacua

[muxcmux]

I think this is related to https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/issues/819 and https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/issues/526 and I think I've seen a few other issues related to this

[qvacua]

Sorry for the late reply. I tried to focus on the universal binary front. Yes, we check whether the font has the fixed width property, as reported by macOS. The problem is, as you mention

1. Some fixed width fonts are not reported as fixed width.
2. The macOS font panel does not allow to filter fonts, i.e. I don't know how to show only fixed width font.

I'll probably just allow all fonts and think about how to approach this issue... I'll build a snapshot in this weekend.

[numbcoder]

Sorry for the late reply. I tried to focus on the universal binary front. Yes, we check whether the font has the fixed width property, as reported by macOS. The problem is, as you mention

1. Some fixed width fonts are not reported as fixed width.
2. The macOS font panel does not allow to filter fonts, i.e. I don't know how to show only fixed width font.

I'll probably just allow all fonts and think about how to approach this issue... I'll build a snapshot in this weekend.

Thank you!

[qvacua]

Please try https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/releases/tag/snapshot%2F20201121.103800

[numbcoder]

Please try https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/releases/tag/snapshot%2F20201121.103800

It works well for me!
Thanks.

[ravicious]

Works great, thanks! The notification message is a bit clipped and I don't know how I can read it in full, but otherwise it works just fine. ;)

[qvacua]

If you open the notification center, the whole text will be there.