Re: vim and color

2002-01-10 Thread Lynn Wilson
/usr/bin/vi (aka /bin/vi) supports syntax highlighting based on the file extension of the file being edited. The files at /usr/share/vim/vim60/syntax/*.vim define the highlighting (vim60 may vary according to your version). The very last line of my ~/.vimrc is 'syntax enable'. This does the

RE: vim and color

2002-01-10 Thread Dan Horne
Thanks that worked Dan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles Wilson Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 9:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Randall R Schulz; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: vim and color Dan Horne wrote: > Hi > >

Re: vim and color

2002-01-10 Thread Charles Wilson
Dan Horne wrote: > Hi > > term is set to xterm. If I do ls -l --color (or set the ls alias to do so), > the listing is indeed in colour. Because 'ls.exe' is less careful about emitting color codes than vim is. You can even try this: within vim, type :se term=rxvt and the :r a file in.

RE: vim and color

2002-01-10 Thread Dan Horne
R Schulz; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: vim and color Dan Horne wrote: > Thanks Randall > > upon further investigation (and putting .vimrc in my home directory on not > gvimrc doh) I've discovered that color-coding is working if I use the > command window. However, if I us

Re: vim and color

2002-01-10 Thread Charles Wilson
Dan Horne wrote: > Thanks Randall > > upon further investigation (and putting .vimrc in my home directory on not > gvimrc doh) I've discovered that color-coding is working if I use the > command window. However, if I use rxvt, I lose color and instead get text > emphasis in bolds and underline

RE: vim and color

2002-01-10 Thread Dan Horne
;m missing something but not sure what. Ideas appreciated Dan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randall R Schulz Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 9:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: vim and color Dan, Most likely all y

Re: vim and color

2002-01-10 Thread Randall R Schulz
Dan, Most likely all you need to know is where to put your color scheme files. If you're doing it all from Vim's "rc" file, then you need to use the right one: "~/.vimrc" / "$HOME/.vimrc". The Cygwin-hosted Vim is a non-GUI, Unix-style Vim (just vim or vi), _not_ a GUI, stand-alone one (gvim).