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See <a href="http://www.vim.org" rel="ugc">www.vim.org</a>, vim now has syntax highlighting built in.<br />
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regards .. Alan
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See www.vim.org [http://www.vim.org], vim now has syntax highlighting built in.

regards .. Alan

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Also, you can use gvim, and simply use the syntax menu to highlight.
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Also, you can use gvim, and simply use the syntax menu to highlight.

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if it is gVim, goto syntax -&gt; automatic in the memu bars
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if it is gVim, goto syntax -> automatic in the memu bars

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Thanks all I ran <br />
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:syntax enable<br />
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but it dosnt highlight any of my sample c prog I guess im missing something I used to use red hat and all the higlighting was done by default. <br />
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I have a .viminfo file is that the same as .vimrc
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Thanks all I ran

:syntax enable

but it dosnt highlight any of my sample c prog I guess im missing something I used to use red hat and all the higlighting was done by default.

I have a .viminfo file is that the same as .vimrc

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no, a .vimrc file contains your settings options in there, <br />
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there are loads of settings (check vim website) and you can add them into this file to by set everytime you load vim
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no, a .vimrc file contains your settings options in there,

there are loads of settings (check vim website) and you can add them into this file to by set everytime you load vim

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Can anyone tell me a good guide on how to add syntax highlighting to vim (specifically for apple osx but I guess it much the same for any platform).<br />

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Can anyone tell me a good guide on how to add syntax highlighting to vim (specifically for apple osx but I guess it much the same for any platform).


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