[ale] vi (vim) question

[Jeff Layton]

Christopher Fowler wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 09:20:05AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > Good morning!
> >
> >   I'm working on a remote machine that has RH 7.3 installed
> > on it. When I fire up vi (it's vim), everything is color-coded.
> > How do I turn that off?
>
> Usulay vi will not color code.  vim will.
>

Yep, vi is aliased to vim.

> Try the command \vi
>

No joy. But, I did find that the commond

:syntax off

did the trick. Do you know how to make this the
default so I don't have to type the command every
time I crank up vi (uhm, vim).

Thanks!

Jeff

> >
> > TIA!
> >
> > Jeff
> >
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Dr. Jeff Layton
Aerodynamics and CFD
Lockheed-Martin Aeronautical Company - Marietta