On Sep 18, 3:59 pm, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 18, 9:40 am, Spiros Bousbouras <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I start a buffer not belonging to any specific filetype. I type some > > random stuff and then do > > :highlight Normal ctermfg=green > > I get green letters. But if instead I do > > :highlight Normal cterm=bold term=bold > > I don't get bold text. What am I doing wrong ? > > See :help highlight-cterm > > Many terminals are unable to mix fg colors and attributes like bold. > You do not specify what term you are using but possibly it does not > support this.
I wasn't trying to mix foreground colours and bold , I only want bold. I guess my last post wasn't clear enough but what I meant was that I start vim with an unnamed buffer not belonging to any specific filetype , I type some random stuff and then do :highlight Normal cterm=bold term=bold and I don't get bold. I tried it with eterm , xterm and Linux console and I don't get bold in any of them. But if I don't do :highlight Normal cterm=bold term=bold and instead I do :highlight Normal ctermfg=green then it works on all 3 of them. I also tried :syntax match boldtext /.*/ :highlight boldtext term=bold cterm=bold and I get bold on all 3. > Have you considered using the GUI (gvim)? I prefer console vim and it's only there that I want bold (on some occasions). -- 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
