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Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:27:42 -0500
From:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To:	dhorne AT xtra DOT co DOT nz
CC:	Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: vim and color
References:	<BLEDKFLJDLPNJONGFLHNAEHBCAAB DOT dhorne AT xtra DOT co DOT nz>

Dan Horne wrote:

> Thanks Randall
> 
> upon further investigation (and putting .vimrc in my home directory on not
> gvimrc doh) I've discovered that color-coding is working if I use the
> command window. However, if I use rxvt, I lose color and instead get text
> emphasis in bolds and underlines. Obviously, I'm missing something but not
> sure what.


What does `echo $TERM' say?  "xterm" doesn't support color -- but "rxvt" 
does.  Try:

export TERM=rxvt

when you're using rxvt.  Use TERM=cygwin when you use the 
bash-in-a-command.com window.

--Chuck



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