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I've installed a fresh Arch Linux system on my laptop and downloaded the vim package.
I haven't altered the .vimrc file, but the syntax highlighting doesn't seem to work with any of the languages I tried (Python, Ruby, CSharp, C...).
Auto formatting (gg, =, G) also fails.
Until now when playing with vim (because I can't really say I've extensively used it) in other OSs (Ubuntu, Fedora), the syntax highlighting came on automatically. Is there something I am missing here?
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After opening login.sh file in vim editor, press ESC key and type ':syntax on' to enable syntax highlighting. The file will look like the following image if syntax highlighting is on. Press ESC key and type, “syntax off” to disable syntax highlighting.
VIM is an alternative and advanced version of VI editor that enables Syntax highlighting feature in VI. Syntax highlighting means it can show some parts of text in another fonts and colors. VIM doesn't show whole file but have some limitations in highlighting particular keywords or text matching a pattern in a file.
Press 1 to highlight the current visually selected text, or the current word (if nothing is selected). Highlight group hl1 is used. Press 2 for highlight hl2 , 3 for highlight hl3 , etc. Press 0 to remove all highlights from the current visually selected text, or the current word.
If you want to select the entire line in a file, press V. Now when you press k or j to go up and down, vim will select the entire line above and below your cursor.
You need to have following settings in .vimrc file as per arch linux documentation
filetype plugin on syntax on This is the absolute minimum you need to put in your ~/.vimrc if you intend to use vim as your primary editor:
" activates filetype detection filetype plugin indent on " activates syntax highlighting among other things syntax on " allows you to deal with multiple unsaved " buffers simultaneously without resorting " to misusing tabs set hidden " just hit backspace without this one and " see for yourself set backspace=indent,eol,start Anything else depends on your taste, workflow and needs.
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