Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com From: raj.x.kovvali@verizon.com Subject: Re: Colours in VIM To: "Fergus at56" Cc: CYGwin@cygwin.com Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:54:17 -0400 Message-ID: X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on DWSMTP01/HSVR/Verizon(Release 5.0.8 |June 18, 2001) at 10/17/2001 03:12:45 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Fergus Yeah right ! it worked !! Thanks a ton ! This can be on the cygwin help file. I will be REALLY happy to know which variable of all the 'set' vars is really responsible for the color. Also, I have another question. When I look up a 'man' page for any of the entry and if I close 'man' with controlC, the command line becomes invisible though it looks like it can understand the command typed and can execute it. It only blinds the user typing the command. Is it a known bug or is there a solution? Thanks Raj "Fergus at56" on 10/17/2001 01:45:58 PM Please respond to "Fergus at56" To: Raj X. Kovvali/VEND/MD/Verizon@VZNotes cc: "Fergus on Linux" Subject: Colours in VIM Raj, I look at the Cygwin list by lurking at www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin without actually being subscribed, so this answer comes to you direct. The problem with the recent inatallation of vim is that (for some reason) it lacks the startup file that earlier vesions had. So: place in your home directory (/home/raj/ or whatever) a file called .vimrc (note the dot) containing set nocompatible set backspace=indent,eol,start set backup set history=50 set ruler set background=dark set showcmd set incsearch syntax on set hlsearch or, to make it accessible to all users, put these lines in a file called vimrc (no dot) in the /usr/share/vim/ directory. Hope this helps. Fergus -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/