Q:

how to disable bold font in vim?

i've removed all references to bold (gui=bold, cterm=bold, term=bold) in the color syntax file slate.vim but i still see some bolded text. for example in a python file, the keywords class, def, try, except, return, etc. are still in a bold blue font.
also how to disable bold in status messages, like "recording" or "Press ENTER or type command.."?

A:

Put the following line in the .vimrc file.
set t_md=

A:

Instead of removing =bold references you should replace them by
gui=NONE
cterm=NONE
term=NONE

A:

try also to remove the occurrences of standout.
You can find highlighting groups by doing the following:
:sp $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/hitest.vim | source %

You can find where colors and font options were defined by doing:
:verbose highlight ModeMsg

(replace ModeMsg by your highlight group)

