Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <007701c55b05$4349a0b0$e6ec6f83@chimaera> From: "Max Bowsher" To: "Martin Mrazek" , References: Subject: Re: Vim problem Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 18:24:21 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Martin Mrazek wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to use VIM editor under cygwin (no X-server running) and > the behavior of VIM is strange. No last line showing " -- INSERT --" > when switched to insert mode, no row/col position indicators, no > syntax highlighting (tried to write perl script).... > > I tryed to use vim 6.2 instead of current 6.3, but the same result... > > What's wrong with the vim? By default if you have no .vimrc, vim runs in vi-compatible mode. And, syntax highlighting needs to be specifically enabled in .vimrc even when not running in vi-compatible mode. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/