Hi i am new to Linux.
I am using red hat 7.2(Enigma) which is also in text mode...I am using this for c programing editor is vi...


Now my problem is this

terminal 1 (Alt+F1) root : opened a c program under vi which is colorful text...

terminal 2 (Alt + F2) root: Opened another c program in vi which is not colorful...

My question is how to convert that in colorful. Why this is happened.


I want to set line no in the vi how ??
is there any way of go to line no option..
some time we get name of the file and line no.. but it get disappeared when i move up or down the page...



Can any one help me...

Look in your users home folder. Do you have a hidden file called .vimrc? If so, edit (or create it if it doesn't exist) and add these lines:
syntax on
:colorscheme peachpuff
# show line numbers
:set number

The colorschemes are located in /usr/share/vim/vim63/colors. Try them all to find one you like, then edit the :colorscheme line in .vimrc to use that colorscheme.

To find other options you can set in .vimrc, in a terminal window start vim. Then in command mode, :help set (or any other topic) to find out what you can set.

:se nu
:sy on
:123