I am working with an Ubuntu 10.04 VM. By default, vim
shows syntax color and I don't want it. I do not have a .vimrc
file in my home directory (or anywhere in the system for that matter). I do have a file called .viminfo
in my home directory but that doesn't seem to be where the setting is because when I rename it, the syntax color is still on. I also like to have line numbers and for that I created a .exrc
file in my home.
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To turn off color syntax highlighting, pres ESC and type:
:syntax off
To turn it on again, type:
:syntax on
To make the changes permanently, you can create ~/.vimrc
file and add the following line:
syntax off
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but that is just for in the existing instance. putting it in
.exrc
makes it cross instance Aug 29, 2013 at 21:26 -
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