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Subject: Re: Syntax highlighting not working in vim73
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On 8 November 2010 22:46, Harrington, John wrote:
> I recently upgraded vim in cygwin from vim63 to vim73.=C2=A0 I am running=
 cygwin (with vim) on a Windows XP (version 5.1, sp3) machine.
>
> My problem is that syntax highlighting, which has worked fine for me in e=
very previous version of vim suddenly doesn't not work.=C2=A0 I have not mo=
dified my vimrc files, so I'm at a loss to know what has changed.
>
> I have looked at the vim documentation and some online tutorials.=C2=A0 I=
 seem to be doing everything I need to do to get syntax coloring to work.=
=C2=A0 I have turned on syntax in the /usr/share/vim/vimrc and in my .vimrc=
 file in my home directory.=C2=A0 I have tried explicitly typing :syntax on=
 in vim.=C2=A0 I have tried replacing my vimrc files with sample vimrc file=
s that are supposed to work.=C2=A0 I have tried explicitly indicating synta=
x with the :set syn=3D<syntax-type> command.=C2=A0 =C2=A0Nothing seems to m=
ake a difference.
>
> Looking in /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax, I see all of the syntax files the=
re, including the file types I'm testing (such as python.vim, etc.).
>
> The cygwin window can represent colors just fine.=C2=A0 For example, ls -=
-color works, but nothing I do seems to turn syntax coloring on.
>
> There is nothing extraordinary about my installation of cygwin or vim or =
the configuration of my machine, so I'm guessing this is a problem many cyg=
win/vim users have had, but perhaps there's something that makes me unique.=
=C2=A0 Or maybe I'm doing something wrong, I just don't know.
>
> What should I try next?=C2=A0 Thanks.

Which terminal are you using? What's the TERM setting? Are you sure
you're using Cygwin vim, i.e. what does 'which vim' say?

Also:
> Problem reports: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Andy

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