Re: Newbee question:Why don't I have the syntax highlighting when editing files like *.sh *.xml,etc?

2007-04-03 Thread wangxu
Sure: )I will remeber that next time I post something. I'v solved the problem. My runtimepath is wrong. I updated vim to 7.0 using apt-get, but left the old vimrc unchanged. I checked the vimrc and replaced /usr/share/vim/vim63 to /usr/share/vim/vim70, It is OK now. Thank you All: ) A.J.M

Re: Newbee question:Why don't I have the syntax highlighting when editing files like *.sh *.xml,etc?

2007-04-03 Thread Tobia
A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > /etc/vim/vimrc is a strange location for a system vimrc It is a very intuitive location. In Debian all system-wide configuration files are in /etc// > I know just enough Chinese to understand that 大 on the fourth line > means "big", so I can guess that that fourth line pr

Re: Newbee question:Why don't I have the syntax highlighting when editing files like *.sh *.xml,etc?

2007-04-03 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
wangxu wrote: Why don't I have the syntax highlighting when editing files like *.sh *.xml,etc? After commands like "syntax on",still nothing happened. below is my /etc/vim/vimrc,what else should I do to turn the syntax highlighting on? Thanks, shell. [...] The ":scriptnames" command will list a

Re: Newbee question:Why don't I have the syntax highlighting when editing files like *.sh *.xml,etc?

2007-04-02 Thread wangxu
You are right.my runtimepath is wrong. I updated vim to 7.0 using apt-get, but left the old vimrc unchanged. I checked the vimrc and replaced /usr/share/vim/vim63 to /usr/share/vim/vim70, It is OK now. thank you! Peter Hodge wrote: --- wangxu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: the results are

Re: Newbee question:Why don't I have the syntax highlighting when editing files like *.sh *.xml,etc?

2007-04-02 Thread Peter Hodge
Hello, Also you can use :set ft? syntax? to see which filetype has been detected, and which syntax has been activated. regards, Peter --- Xi Juanjie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "syntax on" should be ok. > > Please use :version to confirm your vim was compiled with "+syntax" > function a

Re: Newbee question:Why don't I have the syntax highlighting when editing files like *.sh *.xml,etc?

2007-04-02 Thread wangxu
I checked with :version,it is compiled with the "+syntax",and no "syntax off" in /etc/vim/vimrc.local or files like that. I don't know where the syntax files should be,but there are syntax files in /usr/share/vim/vim70/syntax. Below is the :version result. :version VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0 (2006 May

Re: Newbee question:Why don't I have the syntax highlighting when editing files like *.sh *.xml,etc?

2007-04-02 Thread Xi Juanjie
"syntax on" should be ok. Please use :version to confirm your vim was compiled with "+syntax" function and keep the corresponding syntax file in vim runtime folder. Also to check if there has any "syntax off" in /etc/vim/vimrc.local. wangxu wrote: > Why don't I have the syntax highlighting when

Newbee question:Why don't I have the syntax highlighting when editing files like *.sh *.xml,etc?

2007-04-02 Thread wangxu
Why don't I have the syntax highlighting when editing files like *.sh *.xml,etc? After commands like "syntax on",still nothing happened. below is my /etc/vim/vimrc,what else should I do to turn the syntax highlighting on? Thanks, shell. set runtimepath=~/.vim,/etc/vim,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles,/usr