To enable the syntax color highlighting you should copy the vimrc file to your home directory. This will also put the "Syntax" Menu with gvim command. You can click on Syntax Menu and select appropriate languages like C++, Perl, Java, SQL, ESQL etc..
cd $HOME cp /usr/doc/vim-common-5.3/gvimrc_example ~/.gvimrc cp /usr/doc/vim-common-5.3/vimrc_example ~/.vimrc
"set guifont=9x15bold set guifont=8x13bold "set guifont=7x14bold "set guifont=7x13bold
set tabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 set nowrapscan set ignorecase
You can set some of the Vim properties in Xdefaults file.
WARNING: Do not put Vim*geometry it will break the gvim menu, use Vim.geometry instead
Edit the $HOME/.Xdefaults and put the following lines:
! GVim great Colors. Vim*useSchemes: all Vim*sgiMode: true Vim*useEnhancedFSB: true Vim.foreground: Black !Vim.background: lightyellow2 Vim*background: white ! Do NOT use Vim*geometry , this will break the menus instead ! use Vim.geometry. Asterik between Vim and geometry is not allowed. ! Vim.geometry: widthxheight Vim.geometry: 88x40 !Vim*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso8859-15-*5 Vim*menuBackground: yellow Vim*menuForeground: black
You can also edit the /.gvimrc file to change the background colors
gvim $HOME/.gvimrc
The sample vimrc from /usr/doc/vim-common-5.3/vimrc_example is as follows:
" Vim
" An example for a vimrc file.
"
" To use it, copy it to
" for Unix and OS/2: ~/.vimrc
" for Amiga: s:.vimrc
" for MS-DOS and Win32: $VIM\_vimrc
set nocompatible " Use Vim defaults (much better!)
set bs=2 " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set ai " always set autoindenting on
set backup " keep a backup file
set viminfo='20,\"50 " read/write a .viminfo file, don't store more
" than 50 lines of registers
" In text files, always limit the width of text to 78 characters
autocmd BufRead *.txt set tw=78
" For Win32 GUI: remove 't' flag from 'guioptions': no tearoff menu entries
" let & guioptions = substitute(& guioptions, "t", "", "g")
" Don't use Ex mode, use Q for formatting
map Q gq
" Switch syntax highlighting on, when the terminal has colors
" Also switch on highlighting the last used search pattern.
if & t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running")
syntax on
set hlsearch
endif
augroup cprog
" Remove all cprog autocommands
au!
" When starting to edit a file:
" For *.c and *.h files set formatting of comments and set C-indenting on.
" For other files switch it off.
" Don't change the order, it's important that the line with * comes first.
autocmd BufRead * set formatoptions=tcql nocindent comments& autocmd BufRead *.c,*.h set formatoptions=croql cindent comments=sr:/*,mb:*,el:*/,://
augroup END
augroup gzip
" Remove all gzip autocommands
au!
" Enable editing of gzipped files
" read: set binary mode before reading the file
" uncompress text in buffer after reading
" write: compress file after writing
" append: uncompress file, append, compress file
autocmd BufReadPre,FileReadPre *.gz set bin
autocmd BufReadPost,FileReadPost *.gz let ch_save = & ch|set ch=2
autocmd BufReadPost,FileReadPost *.gz '[,']!gunzip
autocmd BufReadPost,FileReadPost *.gz set nobin
autocmd BufReadPost,FileReadPost *.gz let & ch = ch_save|unlet ch_save
autocmd BufReadPost,FileReadPost *.gz execute ":doautocmd BufReadPost " . expand("%:r")
autocmd BufWritePost,FileWritePost *.gz !mv <afile> <afile>:r
autocmd BufWritePost,FileWritePost *.gz !gzip <afile>:r
autocmd FileAppendPre *.gz !gunzip <afile>
autocmd FileAppendPre *.gz !mv <afile>:r <afile>
autocmd FileAppendPost *.gz !mv <afile> <afile>:r
autocmd FileAppendPost *.gz !gzip <afile>:r
augroup END
The sample gvimrc from /usr/doc/vim-common-5.3/gvimrc_example is as follows:
" Vim " An example for a gvimrc file. " The commands in this are executed when the GUI is started. " " To use it, copy it to " for Unix and OS/2: ~/.gvimrc " for Amiga: s:.gvimrc " for MS-DOS and Win32: $VIM\_gvimrc " Make external commands work through a pipe instead of a pseudo-tty "set noguipty " set the X11 font to use " set guifont=-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1 " Make command line two lines high set ch=2 " Make shift-insert work like in Xterm map <S-Insert> <MiddleMouse> map! <S-Insert> <MiddleMouse> " Only do this for Vim version 5.0 and later. if version >= 500 " I like highlighting strings inside C comments let c_comment_strings=1 " Switch on syntax highlighting. syntax on " Switch on search pattern highlighting. set hlsearch " For Win32 version, have "K" lookup the keyword in a help file "if has("win32") " let winhelpfile='windows.hlp' " map K :execute "!start winhlp32 -k <cword> " . winhelpfile <CR> "endif " Hide the mouse pointer while typing set mousehide " Set nice colors " background for normal text is light grey " Text below the last line is darker grey " Cursor is green " Constants are not underlined but have a slightly lighter background highlight Normal guibg=grey90 highlight Cursor guibg=Green guifg=NONE highlight NonText guibg=grey80 highlight Constant gui=NONE guibg=grey95 highlight Special gui=NONE guibg=grey95 endif