On May 18, 2023 5:12 PM, Brian Inglis  expressed:
> 
> That will depend on the client installed on the remote host!
> Get them to upgrade to gvim 9 as on Windows ;^>

I don't think that will do anything. :-) 
This is the ubuntu version:
jic@web:~/w/default.website$ gvim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Apr 18 2023 11:40:57)
Included patches: 1-3995, 4563, 4646, 4774, 4895, 4899, 4901, 4919
Modified by team+...@tracker.debian.org
Compiled by team+...@tracker.debian.org
Huge version with GTK3 GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):

This is the cygwin version:
$ gvim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Feb 13 2022 22:00:24)
Included patches: 1-4372
Modified by <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Compiled by <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Huge version with GTK3 GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):

I think it's a font issue. The ubunty server just has the bare minimun for X. 
It's probably just defaulting to the lowest fonts resolution available.

 
> > and the other that looks good is doing, ssh jic@web
> > password:
> > $ vim w/default.website/Musicos.html
> > This latter displays so much clearer and colorful, while the GVim
> > under X is ugly, dark and the font is not sharp. Any
> > thoughts/suggestions/help would is appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> That is just running on the default remote terminal ...xterm... something.
> Check what your ssh is running under, then specify that in your remote 
> command, before your vim command.

Hmmmmm... ok. Thanks.

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