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From:	"Dan Horne" <dhorne AT xtra DOT co DOT nz>
To:	"Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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Subject:	RE: vim and color
Date:	Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:00:39 +1300
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Thanks that worked

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
Of Charles Wilson
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 9:52 AM
To: dhorne AT xtra DOT co DOT nz
Cc: Randall R Schulz; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: vim and color




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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