On Nov 21, 10:37 am, shuda Li <lishuda1...@gmail.com> wrote: > I de-installed Vim72 by running the following command: > > >sudo apt-get remove vim-tiny vim-runtime vim-gui-common vim-gnome vim-doc > > vim-dbg vim-common vim jvim-doc jvim-canna libvi-quickfix-perl > libtext-vimcolor-perl vimhelp-de vim-vimoutliner vim-syntax-gtk vim-scripts > vim-rails vim-puppet vim-nox vim-latexsuite vim-gtk vim-addon-manager > > and installed Vim 7.3 by compiling the source. Tho OS I use is Ubuntu > 10.04. > > However, when I start Vim7.3 I found the colorscheme doen't work any more. I > tried all choice in "Edit -> color schems". Only the background color was > applied see attached image. > > I wonder what's wrong with my new installation.
Are you sure you have... syntax on ...in your .vimrc? If you don't have this command somewhere in your startup, activating a specific colorscheme will change background color, but you won't get language-specific syntax highlighting. Sincerely, Brett Stahlman > > Best, > > Shuda > > Screenshot.png > 277KViewDownload -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php