Re: vim vs. vi

[Ed Greshko <Ed Greshko greshko com>]

Brian McGrew wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've used vi on Solaris for so long that vim on Linux is a bit of a
> stumbling block.  Is there a way to turn off the syntax highlighting and
> make it act a little bit more like Sun VI?

This is covered in:

http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/vimfaq.html#24.1

By default, the Vim syntax highlighting is turned off (except in Red 
Hat???). To enable the syntax highlighting, you can use one of the 
following commands:

    :syntax enable

    or

    :syntax on

To disable the syntax highlighting, you can use the following command:

    :syntax off

For more information, read

    :help 06.1
    :help 06.4
    :help :syntax-enable
    :help :syntax-on
    :help :syn-clear


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