Bryen wrote:
On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 22:01 -0700, joe wrote:
On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 21:01 -0700, joe wrote:
Bryen wrote:
How can I turn off colors in vi (actually vim) permanently? rpm -e vim-data
Okay, I gotta ask. Cristian's solution earlier created an empty .vimrc file with "syntax off" in it and it works perfectly. Best of all, it is a non-destructive solution.
Your solution (which may also work) is to remove a package. Just what functionality would I have lost if I had gone your route? You'd lose the colors. In all other respects vim would work perfectly, and
Bryen wrote: that's how I like it. I really don't appreciate trying to make out dark blue text on my black xterm, so I always nuke that irritant soon after install.
On a server with many users, I'd naturally lean towards the other solution, just in case somebody actually wanted those colors.
Joe
Thanks. That makes alot of sense. And I agree, those color schemes are incredibly annoying. Hmm... so far, I've managed to remove colors from vim and ls. I haven't come across anything else yet that uses color in terminal. Since we're a kindred "anti-color" spirit, what else have you come across and what were your solutions then?
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