"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 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/share/vim/addons,/usr/share/vim/vim63,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles,/usr/share/vim/addons/after,~/.vim/after
>
> set nocompatible " Use Vim defaults instead of 100% vi compatibility
> set backspace=indent,eol,start " more powerful backspacing
>
> set autoindent " always set autoindenting on
> set textwidth=0 " Don't wrap lines by default
> set viminfo='20,\"50 " read/write a .viminfo file, don't store more than
> " 50 lines of registers
> set history=50 " keep 50 lines of command line history
> set ruler " show the cursor position all the time
>
> set
> suffixes=.bak,~,.swp,.o,.info,.aux,.log,.dvi,.bbl,.blg,.brf,.cb,.ind,.idx,.ilg,.inx,.out,.toc
>
> if &term =~ "xterm-debian" || &term =~ "xterm-xfree86" || &term =~ "xterm"
> set t_Co=16
> set t_Sf=[3%dm
> set t_Sb=[4%dm
> endif
>
> vnoremap p <Esc>:let current_reg = @"<CR>gvdi<C-R>=current_reg<CR><Esc>
>
>
> syntax on
>
>
> if has("autocmd")
> " Enabled file type detection
> " Use the default filetype settings. If you also want to load indent files
> " to automatically do language-dependent indenting add 'indent' as well.
> filetype plugin on
>
> endif " has ("autocmd")
>
> augroup filetype
> au BufRead reportbug.* set ft=mail
> au BufRead reportbug-* set ft=mail
> augroup END
>
> try
> if filereadable('/etc/papersize')
> let s:papersize = matchstr(system('/bin/cat /etc/papersize'), '\p*')
> if strlen(s:papersize)
> let &printoptions = "paper:" . s:papersize
> endif
> unlet! s:papersize
> endif
> catch /E145/
> endtry
>
>
> if filereadable("/etc/vim/vimrc.local")
> source /etc/vim/vimrc.local
> endif
>
>
>
> if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running")
> syntax on
> set hlsearch
> endif
>
>
>
>
