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vim syntax highlighting issues

i am a VIM used,

recently i have started programming in python and felt like need of syntax highlighting, made a configuration file .vimrc and saved

Code:

syntax on

into it.

still then there is no syntax highlighting and i opened python file and used following key combination still there is not success

Code:

[ESC] :syntax on

please suggest me how can i make it working, or and probable mistakes i have done.

What linux distribution are you using? Did you install the full version of vim or are you using vim-tiny/small/etc?

In debian/ubuntu you probably want:

Code:

apt-get install vim-full vim-scripts vim-common vim-runtime

for fedora/redhat/centos:

Code:

yum install vim-enhanced vim-common

Once you do that :syntax on or adding it to the rc file should work ~provided~ the files are named appropriately (ending in .py) or alternately have the correct #!/path/interpreter notation at the top.

thank you very much for your suggestion.. i will install it as soon as i get a open internet connection :)

Oh and I like these in my .vimrc

Code:

set nocompatible

syntax on

set background=dark

filetype plugin indent on

set showcmd

set showmatch

set ignorecase

set smartcase

set incsearch

Now mind, I don't use this but a friend has used this for a year or so doing python and says he can't live without it(leaving out his perl and ruby additions which make it absurdly long)

Code:

set nocompatible

syntax on

set background=dark

au BufRead,BufNewFile *py,*pyw,*.c,*.h set tabstop=8

au BufRead,BufNewFile *.py,*pyw set shiftwidth=4

au BufRead,BufNewFile *.py,*.pyw set expandtab

fu Select_c_style()

    if search('^\t', 'n', 150)

        set shiftwidth=8

        set noexpandtab

    el 

        set shiftwidth=4

        set expandtab

    en

endf

au BufRead,BufNewFile *.c,*.h call Select_c_style()

au BufRead,BufNewFile Makefile* set noexpandtab

highlight BadWhitespace ctermbg=red guibg=red

au BufRead,BufNewFile *.py,*.pyw match BadWhitespace /^\t\+/

au BufRead,BufNewFile *.py,*.pyw,*.c,*.h match BadWhitespace /\s\+$/

au BufRead,BufNewFile *.py,*.pyw,*.c,*.h set textwidth=79

au BufRead,BufNewFile *.c,*.h set formatoptions-=c formatoptions-=o formatoptions-=r

au BufNewFile *.py,*.pyw,*.c,*.h set fileformat=unix

set ignorecase

set incsearch

Sir, I have installed all necessary packages, now syntax highlighting and other vim features are working on konsole but its not working for yakuake! how can i make it work over there??

Does it display any coloring at all or just the standard for that terminal?

What does it do in Yakuake? Can you see other colors in console output (like the output of ls?)