[GLLUG] Syntax Highlightin in vi

[Matt Graham]

On Saturday 07 June 2003 13:15, after a long battle with technology, 
Brad Fears wrote:
> Anyone know how to disable syntax highlighting in vi so I can get rid
> of the blue-on-black text (and other, equally annoying color
> combinations)?

" in ~/.vimrc
syntax off

A better alternative is to go edit /usr/share/vim/$VERSION/syntax/
syncolor.vim and change the hard-to-see colors to better ones.  If you 
have a dark background on your xterm/konsole, change all DarkBlue to 
Blue.  Syntax highlighting is extremely useful in many ways if you give 
it a better chance.

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