Thanks a lot , it worked , though vim was echoing $VIMRUNTIME correctly it had conflicts with one in /etc/vim/vimrc I chnaged that and vim looks colorful again.
Prashant kumar home page http://home.iitk.ac.in/student/prashkr +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Nothing is fool-proof for a sufficiently talented fool! | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:33:56 -0700 > From: Stefan O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: vim syntax suddenly stopped > Resent-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:33:59 -0500 (CDT) > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 07:25:18AM -0400, Prashant Kumar wrote: > > > > Hi all > > All of sudden vim shows no syntax coloring :set syntax on is of no help. > > Though ls --color is working fine. I recently upgraded ncurses could > > that be the problem?? > > > > Any suggestion will be highly appreciated especialy from someone > > who faced similar problem before > > or Do I have to set some environment variable ?? i use testing > > version of vim and debian both > > Is this helpful: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/09/msg00233.html > > Exec. summary: Check your 'runtimepath'. > > -- > The world's most effective spam filter: > ln -sf /dev/full /var/mail/$USER > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]