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Old 02-07-2005
Data how to make VI editor show colors in Unix
Hi,
I saw some people's vi editor show different colors on the text according the nature of text when using it.
It would be nice if I can see diffrerent colors with my vi editor.
Do anybody know how to set it up?
I use PowerTermPro program to access unix machine.
I tried to use vim editor but still not showing different color.

Thanks in advance.
Last edited by whatisthis; 02-07-2005 at 03:47 PM..
# 2  
Old 02-07-2005
When using vim, you may need to add "syntax on" (or "syn on") in your $HOME/.vimrc file
to enable syntax coloring.
# 3  
Old 02-07-2005
It worked!
I just went to other people's home directory and copied the .vimrc file into my home directory and it worked!!
Thank you so much!
Smilie Smilie
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Old 02-07-2005
no problem at all, another thing I like is a color 'ls' command.

you can just alias your current ls command with 'ls --color=auto' in your .bashrc (for bash) or .cshrc for (csh) depending on what shell your using.
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Old 02-07-2005
What would it be for a Solaris v8 ksh?
# 6  
Old 05-20-2006
you want to display text in deferent color?
you mean to display the text in different color.
# 7  
Old 05-20-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by gozer13
What would it be for a Solaris v8 ksh?
It would be not present.
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