On Jan 28, 11:18 am, nickatron <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I just started an introductory course on C++, and I would like to take the > time to use VIM as an IDE. What do I need to do to get colored syntax and > make it more usable for C++ programming?
To enable syntax highlight and such, you will need to create a .vimrc. This is highly recommended anyway. There is a reasonable example that ships with Vim. Specifically, you will need these lines in your .vimrc file: filetype plugin indent on syntax on Take a look at: (within Vim): :help usr_05 http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/vimrc http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Getting_started > > Also for the course I need "Any ANSI or ISO standard C++ compiler". What do > you recommended? > This depends on the platform you will be developing on. gcc is pretty good and I think it comes standard on most *nix platforms these days. MinGW provides the same compiler for Windows. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
