[GLLUG] Syntax Highlightin in vi

Edward Glowacki glowack2 at msu.edu
Mon Jun 9 14:01:38 EDT 2003


On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 13:15, 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)?

With vim:

set background=dark

should do the trick to make the highlight colors more friendly.

As Matt said, it's better to make the highlighting look OK than to turn
it off.  Once you get used to syntax highlighting, it sucks whenever
you're stuck without it... ;)

-ED
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