Re: How to Set menu size on gvim

in my _gvimrc file is this line

set guifont=Lucida_Console:h12:cANSI:qDRAFT

Try :h guifont and :h gui-font for something that works for you

Like you, I need a larger font for eyes over 65 :-)



On 4/7/24 19:50, Tim Johnson wrote:
> On 4/7/24 14:34, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 12:20 AM Tim Johnson<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>> I am using gvim version 8.2 on ubuntu 22.04,
>>> Huge version with GTK3 GUI.
>>>
>>> How may I set the menu size to a larger font?
>>>
>>> I have found instructions for versions with Athena or Motif but none that are current
>>> for modifying menu sizes on versions with GTK3.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tim
>>> [email protected]
>> The Menu highlight group is supposed to set font, foreground colour
>> and background colour for the menus and toolbar (see :help hl-Menu);
>> however in my current gvim system (with GTK3 GUI) this highlight group
>> is not set, and I haven't tried to set it to see if it made the menu
>> font change. (The menus are displayed.)
>>
> Tony, it sounds like you are having the same problem as I. For me, 
> with my current monitor
> and my present eyesight, having menu so small makes it really hard to 
> work with.
> What I know is there is a GTK resource file, but the only info that I 
> have found is not very
> current. I don't know what to name the resource file (.gtkrc or 
> .gtkrc-3.0) and what syntax
> to use in it.
>
> :h hl-menu on my setup says nothing about GTK. (sigh)
>
> thanks for the reply.
>
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> Tim
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