This is probably a REALLY stupid question (that's not an invitation to kick-off...) but on my RH9 box etc conf files are colour-coded when I edit in vi but not on my SUSE 9.1 box - what am I missing? Henry Standing
On Thursday, 28 October 2004 11.22, Henry Standing wrote:
This is probably a REALLY stupid question (that's not an invitation to kick-off...) but on my RH9 box etc conf files are colour-coded when I edit in vi but not on my SUSE 9.1 box - what am I missing?
Have a look at /etc/vimrc, you might for example want to remove the " from the line that says "syntax on"
Spot on- thank you, it was driving me nuts. Why is it not left on by default? H On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 10:30, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Thursday, 28 October 2004 11.22, Henry Standing wrote:
This is probably a REALLY stupid question (that's not an invitation to kick-off...) but on my RH9 box etc conf files are colour-coded when I edit in vi but not on my SUSE 9.1 box - what am I missing?
Have a look at /etc/vimrc, you might for example want to remove the " from the line that says "syntax on"
On Thursday 28 Oct 2004 10:50, Henry Standing wrote:
Spot on- thank you, it was driving me nuts.
Why is it not left on by default?
H
On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 10:30, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Thursday, 28 October 2004 11.22, Henry Standing wrote:
This is probably a REALLY stupid question (that's not an invitation to kick-off...) but on my RH9 box etc conf files are colour-coded when I edit in vi but not on my SUSE 9.1 box - what am I missing?
Have a look at /etc/vimrc, you might for example want to remove the " from the line that says "syntax on"
- Quite simple not all of us like garish colors shouting at us when we edit files pete -- Linux user No: 256242 Machine No: 139931 G6NJR Pete also MSA registered "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan, The time is here to FORGET that M$ Corp ever existed the world does not NEED M$ Corp the world has NO USE for M$ Corp it is time to END M$ Corp , Play time is over folks time for action approaches at an alarming pace the death knell for M$ Copr has been sounded . Termination time is around the corner ..
peter Nikolic wrote:
not all of us like garish colors shouting at us when we edit files
A few years ago, I attended a C programming course, where we were using the DOS version of Borland's Turbo C++ compiler. I had to turn off the colours in the IDE, because they were giving me a headache.
Henry Standing wrote:
Spot on- thank you, it was driving me nuts.
Why is it not left on by default?
H
On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 10:30, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Thursday, 28 October 2004 11.22, Henry Standing wrote:
This is probably a REALLY stupid question (that's not an invitation to kick-off...) but on my RH9 box etc conf files are colour-coded when I edit in vi but not on my SUSE 9.1 box - what am I missing?
Have a look at /etc/vimrc, you might for example want to remove the " from the line that says "syntax on"
It's not left on by default because it wasn't done by RedHat and the SuSE guys are happy having it that way. Many things are identical in the distros, you have to learn their ways, check config files etc. I sometimes wish that the LSB could be more tight on specs, not for trivial stuff like this, but for the naming and placement of config files. The distros are put together pretty much as they see fit, where in the early days you could use MCC, SLS, Slackware, or roll your own and they would be pretty damn close, no so now. As an example, gentoo is supposed to teach you a great deal about Linux, so on a slow box I decided to install it, with a cablemodem up front, it built itself in 40-something hours hands-off and it was only after the reboot I learned the vagaries, some nice touches, like emerge which downloaded, built and installed mythtv completely with "emerge mythtv" and some weird ones, but the core Linux setup is still there. I'm learning that it's beneficial to try as many Linux distros as possible, that way they seemlessly fit. After hours of trying to download Mandrake 10.1 via bittorrent on the Mandrake box, I tried bittorrent on SuSE 9.1 and it's fetching the 6 CD's, about 10 hours done and 71+ to go, more like bitdrip. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====
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Why is it not left on by default?
because a lot of people complained I'd guess <G> CLI guys can be a tad cranky about colours . And it's reletively easy for the *initiated* folk to turn on should they desire it. uh, for the newer members (C)ommand (L)ine (In)terface And if you go to the SuSE IRC channels they are really firm about the "no Colours" allowed . W/ you Suse box, and most of the IRC clients available to you on your install disks you can safely go to most of the Suse channels for more immediate assistance and occassionally a chat w/ a Suse luminery or two. -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit
On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 02:22, Henry Standing wrote:
This is probably a REALLY stupid question (that's not an invitation to kick-off...) but on my RH9 box etc conf files are colour-coded when I edit in vi but not on my SUSE 9.1 box - what am I missing?
Henry Standing
Why not try with gedit and see if that will give you colors. -- cwsiv <cwsiv@juno.com> Linuxmail
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