How to Set menu size on gvim

[Tim Johnson]

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

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Tim
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[Tony Mechelynck]

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.)

Best regards,
Tony.

[Tim Johnson]

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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[rob]

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 :-)

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[Tim Johnson]

On 4/7/24 16:30, rob wrote:

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 :-)

Heck, I can't even  see 65 in the rear-view mirror.

Thanks for the reply. It appears that set guifont is for text only. I have been using set guifont=Monospace\ 15, which works
well for me, but the menu remains teeny-tiny.

I think part of the solution entails setting up the correctly named gtk resource file (whether it is named ~/.gtkrc or ~/.gtkrc-3.0, I
just don't know yet) containing the correct syntax. And then referencing a highlight/font name with the correct vim command.
cheers

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[Tim Johnson]

On 4/7/24 13:04, Tim Johnson 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.

See https://git.entwicklerseite.de/vim/tree/utils/gtk-3.0.css?h=master&id=ed803af15c2caa1f6e3bcf4454a2e5a354d77bab
copy and paste into ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

and "Bob's yer uncle" as Daphne Moon would say. Edit at yer heart's content.
Yay.

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