Vim color on CentOS

[ahs3ng]

Hi guys

There seems to have a problem(?) when i edit a file using vim, im hoping to enable the coloring to make my life easier Below are what i typed

#vi /root/.bashrc

after i got into the file i typed

:syntax color on

but no color changed.. any idea how to make it work? i wan to make whose comments with # infront with different kind of color to make life easier.. haha

[genesus]

Linux.ie :: vi Tutorial 3 tells how to turn on syntax highlighting, if that is the problem.

[kai12]

try ":syntax on" (without "color")

you might want to put this in your .vimrc file in your home directory
to make this the default behavior of your vim. if there is no .vimrc
just create one. and it's just "syntax on" on the file, no colon.

kai

[ahs3ng]

sorry for the long reply, went for new year holiday.. haha

appreciated the help.. and happy chinese new year ^^

P.S my frenz recommended me nano.. guess thats what i gonna try next.. hope its good

[oz]

Vim takes some getting used to, but once you do it's a great text editor. You'll find Nano to be much more new user friendly. If you should decide to try vim again in the future, just enter vimtutor in a terminal for a quick tutorial that'll get you up and running in a hurry.

Have fun with Linux and with nano!