First, thanks to Chad W. Skinner for suggestions on how to make the
DIR_COLORS definition mechanism work on a selectable per-user basis in
advance for all xterms that the user may create. The trick is to put the
command
eval `dircolors --sh $HOME/.dircolors`
in $HOME/.bashrc, where the local .dircolors file is set up consistent
with the user's xterm color choices.
Thanks in advance to whomever can help with my next color problem, and
with inconveniences in using the new versions of vim/vi/view.
In RHL 6.2, vim wants to show colors on the editing display. It makes
editing difficult, so I turned it off in the .vimrc file (syntax off).
However, in some cases color would be helpful, and I tried to understand
how to customize the vim color display. I'm just not smart enough. The
trail through all the vim configurating stuff is too complicated, in
fact it seems convoluted. Can anyone help with this ??
Another vim problem is this: if $HOME/.vimrc exists, then the old vi
editor (/bin/vi) is not compatible with the .vimrc file, and doesn't
apparently look at the .exrc file as it did in the past. This makes both
vi and view kind of ugly to use. Is this problem unavoidable? Can both
vim and vi be nicely available, so that color (vim) is available and no
color (vi) are easily available on the command line?
Thanks again,
bob jones ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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