[vim/vim] Patch 9.2.0898 broke :hardcopy, adds extra space between lines (Issue #21203)
Gary Johnson
ghgary created an issue (vim/vim#21203)Steps to reproduce
- Start vim as:
vim --clean - Enter a few lines of text, each consisting of a vertical bar (ASCII 0x7C) in the first column.
- Execute:
:hardcopy - Observe that the bars are separated vertically by about 3/64" and the pitch is about 6.5 lines per inch.
Expected behaviour
In all previous versions of Vim that I have used, including patch 9.2.0897 and 9.1.697 (/usr/bin/vim on Ubuntu 24.04), the vertical bars on adjacent lines touch each other and the pitch is a little more than 7 lines per inch. As another way of looking at the pitch, the number of lines per page used to be 69. This bug has reduced that number to 56 lines per page.
Version of Vim
9.2.0898 Built with "make distclean; make -j12", so no custom configuration.
Environment
Operating system: Ubuntu 24.04
Terminal: XTerm(403)
Value of $TERM: xterm-256color
Shell: bash 5.2.21
Logs and stack traces
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Christian Brabandt
chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#21203)ping @64-bitman
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Foxe Chen
64-bitman left a comment (vim/vim#21203)Can you show output of :version?
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Foxe Chen
64-bitman left a comment (vim/vim#21203)This seems to mostly be a font issue, because the Pango hardcopy backend uses Courier New 10 as the default font, while postscript uses the plain Courier font.
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Gary Johnson
ghgary left a comment (vim/vim#21203)Here is the output of vim --version.
VIM - Vi IMproved 9.2 (2026 Feb 14, compiled Sep 1 2026 11:58:40)
Included patches: 1-1015
Compiled by gary@epicurus
Huge version with GTK3 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl +float +mouse_urxvt +tag_binary
+arabic +folding +mouse_xterm -tag_old_static
+autochdir -footer +mouseshape -tcl
+autocmd +fork() +multi_byte +termguicolors
-autoservername +gettext +multi_lang +terminal
+balloon_eval -hangul_input -mzscheme +terminfo
+balloon_eval_term +iconv +netbeans_intg +termresponse
+browse +image +num64 +textobjects
++builtin_terms +image_cairo +packages +textprop
+byte_offset -image_gdi +pango +timers
+channel -image_gdk +path_extra +title
+cindent +image_kitty -perl +toolbar
+clientserver +image_sixel +persistent_undo +user_commands
+clipboard +insert_expand +popupwin +vartabs
+clipboard_provider +ipv6 -postscript +vertsplit
+cmdline_compl +job +printer +vim9script
+cmdline_hist +jumplist +profile +viminfo
+cmdline_info +keymap -python +virtualedit
+comments +lambda -python3 +visual
+conceal +langmap +quickfix +visualextra
+cryptv +libcall +reltime +vreplace
+cscope +linebreak +rightleft +wayland
+cursorbind +lispindent -ruby +wayland_clipboard
+cursorshape +listcmds +scrollbind +wildignore
+dialog_con_gui +localmap +signs +wildmenu
+diff -lua +smartindent +windows
+digraphs +menu +socketserver +writebackup
+dnd +mksession +sodium +X11
-ebcdic +modify_fname +sound +xattr
+emacs_tags +mouse +spell -xfontset
+eval +mouse_dec +startuptime +xim
+ex_extra +mouse_gpm +statusline +xpm
+extra_search -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop +xsmp_interact
-farsi +mouse_netterm +syntax +xterm_clipboard
+file_in_path +mouse_sgr +tabpanel -xterm_save
+find_in_path -mouse_sysmouse -tag_any_white
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
3rd user vimrc file: "~/.config/vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "~/.vim/gvimrc"
3rd user gvimrc file: "~/.config/vim/gvimrc"
defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -I/usr/include/libmount -I/usr/include/blkid -I/usr/include/fribidi -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu -I/usr/include/webp -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dbus-1.0/include -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lgtk-3 -lgdk-3 -lz -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lharfbuzz -latk-1.0 -lcairo-gobject -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lSM -lICE -lXpm -lXt -lX11 -lwayland-client -lcairo -lz -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lharfbuzz -lcairo -lXdmcp -lSM -lICE -lm -ltinfo -lselinux -lcanberra -lsodium -lacl -lattr -lgpm
I don't know what the font is. I suppose it is whatever Vim chooses as the default. It looks like some flavor of Courier.
The printer is an HP ENVY Photo 7155, if that matters.
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Christian Brabandt
chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#21203)It has +pango, so a quick fix should be to disable pango using ./configure --disable-hardcopy-pango Or please try patch v9.2.1030, which includes @64-bitman changes (using a different font and reducing the character-height), thanks!.
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Gary Johnson
ghgary left a comment (vim/vim#21203)Both the quick fix and the patch fix the problem for me. Thank you! That was fast!
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