I managed to get this to work with your suggestions and a "-i". Much thanks James!
Regards, -Al On 8/7/07, James Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 10:57:40AM -0600, A A wrote: > > Greetings everyone! > > > > I'd like to write a script which will open up a bunch of uxterms & vim > but > > for some reason I don't get any colors? I've check all environment > > variables and in vim "syntax on" won't work. > > Anyone have any ideas or is there a better to do this? > > > > > > #get file list > > #open all files with: > > > > uxterm -bg '#000000' -fg '#eeeeee' -cr '#ffffff' +sb -e vim SOMEFILE > (perl, > > c++, etc...) > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks everyone! > > > > > > Regards, > > -Al > > You need to do something like uxterm -e bash -l -c vim SOMEFILE. This > will start bash as a login shell and then execute vim within it, which > should provide you with syntax hilighting. > > -- > James Turner > BSD Group Consulting > http://www.bsdgroup.org > >
