vim colors

klo · 2004-01-31 19:36:39

Hi everyone,
when I'm in X and use vim I can't get any colors with "syn on", I get highlighting but only bold and underline, still black & white. If I switch to a virtual terminal the colors show up.

Is this the case just on my machine? How to get colors?

contrasutra · 2004-01-31 21:15:14

I have the same problem on my machine. I use emacs though, so I never really bothered to mess with it.

Xentac · 2004-01-31 21:21:13

the term type ($TERM) xterm has no colours defined. Use xterm-color.

contrasutra · 2004-01-31 22:40:37

that worked.

klo · 2004-01-31 23:06:44

Where do I set this to affect all users? Should I simply add line
export TERM="xterm-color"
to /etc/profile?

EDIT: just tried that, doesn't work, TERM is still xterm after reboot.

contrasutra · 2004-01-31 23:35:37

You have to set variable each time a terminal session is started.

I stuck it in ~/.zshrc, but that's only for my main user, not every one.

Try putting it in /etc/bashrc if you use BASH.

klo · 2004-02-01 00:28:00

No luck with /etc/bashrc, I'll just write it to ~/.bashrc, at least there it works ok.
Thanks for helping.

andy · 2004-02-01 12:16:10

man bash

and search for the sections INVOCATION and FILES.
Also note, that when you start an xterm just by issung "xterm" (or a corresponding window manager entry). It is not a login shell. You have to start it with

xterm -ls

to get a login shell - if that is what you want.
Also, double check how your startup files call each other for your setup.

Arch Linux

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vim colors

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