Thank you very much, Larry. This worked, though perhaps not for the reason you
expected. Excuse the long description that follows, but the fix raised some
issues that I thought I should report.
I did just as you suggested, removed the C:/utils paths and reinstalled vim.
I then moved all my config files out of the way (including .vimrc and .bashrc)
and tried :syntax on, which worked.
I then tried moving my .bashrc back to ~ and sourced it. :syntax on did not
work, which told me the problem was a line in my .bashrc.
By iteratively cutting the .bashrc in half and sourcing it, I narrowed the
problem down to this alias, which I have commented out:
alias vi='vim';
I suspect people will tell me this was never necessary, but I honestly remember
years ago having to put in this alias because when I typed "vi" I got an error
back that the command was unrecognized, though "vim" was recognized.
I had thought vi was simply an alias. It is not. It's a separate utility.
When I type
$ which vi
I get:
/usr/bin/vi
When I type
$ which vim
I get:
/usr/bin/vim
When I type:
$ vim
I get:
VIM - Vi IMproved
version 7.1
by Bram Moolenaar et al.
[etc.]
When I type:
$ vi
I get:
VIM - Vi IMproved
version 7.3.3
by Bram Moolenaar et al.
[etc.]
7.3.3 is the one I thought I installed. I don't recall installing a separate
utility "vim 7.1", but I guess I must have. In any case, I'm very satisfied
that "vi" is now showing syntax. It puzzles me a bit that the specific command
"vim" still does not work with syntax, but since I never type "vim" (I could
easily reverse the above alias, I suppose), I am not concerned.
Thank you again.
Best regards,
John
On 11/9/2010 5:09 PM, Larry Hall wrote:
> On 11/9/2010 4:26 PM, Harrington, John wrote:
> >
> > Larry Hall, responding to my earlier posting, suggested I post a
> > follow-up
> > following the reporting guidelines.
> >
> >
> > See my root post for the general description.
> >
> > Larry suggested I move all my configuration files out of the way, open
> > my
> > .bashrc and type :syntax on.
> >
> >
> > I moved my vimrc and .vimrc files to a temp dir from ~ and
> > user/share/vim and
> > usr/share/vim73 and opened a new window. :syntax on still does not
> > work.
> >
> >
> > I tried moving my .profile and .bashrc files as well. :syntax on still
> > does
> > not work.
> >
> >
> > I enclose my cygcheck log.
>
>
> Thanks. I'd suggest the following:
>
> 1. Remove all paths containing C:/utils from your PATH environment variable.
> 2. Reinstall the 'vim' package via 'setup.exe'.
> 3. Try the test I outlined in my previous email again.
>
>
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