If you search google, there are many ways to make Vi colourful, enable mouse support, line numbering and just about everything you can think of. Basically, you create a file in your home directory called .vimrc, and add to it various options to make Vim behave as you want. You can download a copy of my Vimrc file
Here.
You may already know this, but you can get a graphical version of Vim, called Gvim. You can install it using:
Code:
sudo apt-get install vim-gnome
I think it is in the universe repository, so you need to enable that if you haven't already.
I hope this helps
--Ian