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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:47:29 -0800
From: Gary Johnson <garyjohn AT spocom DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Trouble with setting ini files : gnuplot and vi
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On 2020-12-21, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote:
> Despite best efforts I cannot find a way of setting user preferences for vi (e.g. preferred syntax-sensitive settings)
> and gnuplot (e.g. preferred line colours / thickness).
> I have tried editing /etc/vimrc, /etc/virc for vi; and /etc/X11/app-defaults/Gnuplot for gnuplot accordingly.
> (I use gnuplot-x11.) No change from standard representation.
> Any ideas?

If you are really using /usr/bin/vi and not /usr/bin/vim, then you
are using the small version of vim, which does not support filetype
detection or syntax highlighting as well as some other vim features.
If you want a full-featured vim, install the vim package.

Regards,
Gary

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