diff -rup vim73.orig/runtime/gvimrc_example.vim vim73/runtime/gvimrc_example.vim
--- vim73.orig/runtime/gvimrc_example.vim	2010-05-15 13:03:31.000000000 +0200
+++ vim73/runtime/gvimrc_example.vim	2010-11-21 04:47:29.891213689 +0100
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 " Make external commands work through a pipe instead of a pseudo-tty
 "set noguipty
 
-" set the X11 font to use
-" set guifont=-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
-
 set ch=2		" Make command line two lines high
 
 set mousehide		" Hide the mouse when typing text
@@ -57,3 +54,29 @@ if version >= 500
   highlight Special gui=NONE guibg=grey95
 
 endif
+
+" Determine the LC_CTYPE locale category setting and try to set guifontset accordingly:
+
+let tmplang = $LC_ALL
+if tmplang =~ "^$"
+  let tmplang = $LC_CTYPE
+endif
+if tmplang =~ "^$"
+  let tmplang = $LANG
+endif
+if tmplang =~ "^$"
+  let tmplang = "en_US"
+endif
+
+if tmplang =~ "^ko"
+  set guifont=Luxi\ Mono
+elseif tmplang =~ "^ja"
+  set guifont=Luxi\ Mono
+elseif tmplang =~ "^zh"
+  set guifont=Luxi\ Mono
+else
+  set guifont=monospace
+endif
+
+
+" /etc/gvimrc ends here