There are a few ways to do turn on syntax highlighting.
1. :syn on
turns on syntax hightlighting
2. :filetype on
automatically sets the syntax highlighting to the file type
index.html - html syntax
bash.sh - bash syntax
clear.h - C/C++ syntax
hello.pl - perl syntax
there are lots ways to do it.
-- Andy
On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Webb Sprague wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to set up vi to highlight
> syntax for Perl? I have found my
> "/usr/lib/share/vim/syntax/" file, but I cant't figure
> out how to link to it properly. I have also looked at
> "Sven's rc" at vim.org, but it is too full of other
> stuff for me to dig through.
>
> Thanks in advance.
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