<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 8:29 AM, loody <<a href="mailto:miloody@gmail.com">miloody@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Dear all: I use fodora before and vim under it can show different by different file type, like c, make file, etc. But in Xubuntu, i cannot have the color vim in fodora. Would someone tell me how to make my vim under xubuntu colorful again? appreciate your help, miloody -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> Edit /etc/vim/vimrc and uncomment line 20 syntax on That's it if you still don't see the colors, try to search for some useful packages aptitude search vim and you'll find what you need -- Qnix < <a href="mailto:qnix@0x80.org">qnix@0x80.org</a> >