Carl Cerecke wrote:
3. vim -R
Yes, but, I don't really get along well with vi. (Is this just a lame excuse?). Also, it didn't actually do any syntax highlighting. But I did get to practice my one known vi command, :q!
<grin>
The syntax highlighting works for me (even in tty1) using a java source code file. Perhaps your vim installation is old/broken.
You'll find most of the keystrokes 'less' uses work in vim, such as
page down/up ^F ^G / ?, some of the commands require a : first (such as 'q' and 'n', and of course there is much much more you won't be interested in.
Cheers, Rex
