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Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:51:40 -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
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Dan Horne wrote:

> Hi
> 
> term is set to xterm. If I do ls -l --color (or set the ls alias to do so),
> the listing is indeed in colour.


Because 'ls.exe' is less careful about emitting color codes than vim is. 
  You can even try this:  within vim, type

:se term=rxvt

and the :r a file in.  It should now show up in color.

--Chuck



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