Instructions used were found at http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Syntax%20Coloring My linux is standard out-of-the-box, yet somehow, the ~/.vim directory you documented wasn't there. I finally found filetype.vim in /usr/share/vim/vim71/filetype.vim and syntax files in /usr/share/vim/vim71/syntax/ These are already soft-linked through /usr/share/vim/vim71/vimcurrent I have concluded that the following instruction (or equivalent) was missing: ln -s /usr/share/vim/vimcurrent ~/.vim Under sudo, I added the following to filetype.vim (note the added ,*.ijx): " J au! BufNewFile,BufRead *.ijs,*.ijt,*.ijp,*.ijx setf j Finally, the j.vim file was copied to its correct location: sudo cp j.vim ~/.vim/syntax
Now, all highlighting is fine under linux. Windows is next. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:37 PM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Jonathan Lettvin wrote: > > The vim J syntax highlighter installation instructions are spare and not > > cross-platform. > > I want to use it on at least linux and windows, but haven't yet > succeeded. > > The installation for window is missing because it is hard to tell > exactly where is the window counterpart of $HOME/.vim , I'd tried to > give a simplified description but a seasoned vimmer warned me that the > false/mis-information would be spread so that I kept silent on the > window platform. Apart from that, the installation installation for > linux (and possibly mac osx) should be sufficient. Does syntax > coloring for other languages such as C work for you? Or could you > describe your version of os, vim and installation problem in more > detail? > > -- > regards, > ==================================================== > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > 唐詩150 劉禹錫 蜀先主廟 > 天地英雄氣 千秋尚凜然 勢分三足鼎 業復五銖錢 > 得相能開國 生兒不象賢 淒涼蜀故妓 來舞魏宮前 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm -- This e-mail is from Jonathan D. Lettvin, and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, copy or distribute the e-mail or any attachments. Instead, please notify the sender and delete the e-mail and any attachments. Thank you. Jonathan D. Lettvin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
