how to permanently enable syntax highlghting in VIM?

[Mitch]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Gabriel Dragffy wrote:

> In particluar for PHP and Ruby.
>

Assuming the right sytax files are in place (ruby.vim, php.vim), adding
one of the following commands to ~/.vimrc should do the trick:

syntax enable # respects your color settings

syntax on # overrides your color settings

Either way, you would do good to open vim and type:

:he syntax

-- 
Mitch