Question

I want to increase the line-height (“linespace”) in VIM.

The official command is:

set linespace=X

However, this does not work (no effect) when I put it into my .vimrc file

set t_Co=256
syntax on
colorscheme wombat256

set linespace=1             " line height
set nocompatible
set showmatch
set ignorecase
set showmode
set ts=4
set sw=4
set autoindent
set cindent

In case it makes a difference, I’m using Putty to connect to my Linux server.

Any idea how I can increase the line spacing of text in VIM when connected in from Putty?

Answer 1

linespace works only in GUI. You can’t use it in the terminal.