I did :mkvimrc and have editted it. I can use gvim and it does syntax color
coding, though I sure don't like the colors for perl, are there
different/better/more standard syntax def files for perl? It does recognize
screen changes in gvim automatically (that's a good thing).
I'd perfer not to use it from the command line as opposed to gvim. How
would I go about trying to get a color xterm going?
Here are the contents of my .vimrc (duplicate entries exist but I don't know
if there is some special sequence I have to put these in)
version 5.0
let cpo_save=&cpo
set cpo=B
map! <xHome> <Home>
map! <xEnd> <End>
map! <S-xF4> <S-F4>
map! <S-xF3> <S-F3>
map! <S-xF2> <S-F2>
map! <S-xF1> <S-F1>
map! <xF4> <F4>
map! <xF3> <F3>
map! <xF2> <F2>
map! <xF1> <F1>
map <xHome> <Home>
map <xEnd> <End>
map <S-xF4> <S-F4>
map <S-xF3> <S-F3>
map <S-xF2> <S-F2>
map <S-xF1> <S-F1>
map <xF4> <F4>
map <xF3> <F3>
map <xF2> <F2>
map <xF1> <F1>
let &cpo=cpo_save
unlet cpo_save
set background=dark
syntax on
set nocompatible
set tabstop=3
set noexpandtab
set ignorecase
set nowrap
set nobackup
set ruler
set incsearch
highlight normal guifg=white guibg=black
set background=dark
set visualbell
set t_vb=
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark K. Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:29 AM
Subject: Re: [vox-tech] VIM
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Jay Strauss wrote:
>
> > then it takes 3-4 seconds to start. I don't think this is normal, but
oh
> > well (if someone has an idea why it's taking a long time, please
suggest).
>
> I ran VIM under HP/UX back when I was still at UC Davis. It took 3-4
> seconds to start, too. I figured it's because the systems are too slow.
>
> > My question is, you guys say great stuff about using vim to edit perl,
html,
> > xml...but I don't know where to start.
>
> I find the following very useful:
>
> 1. Go to your home directory by typing "cd"
> 2. Run VIM and type:
>
> :mkvimrc
>
> which creates a file called ".vimrc" in your home directory. This
> is the file you can edit to set up your Vim defaults.
>
> 3. Edit ".vimrc" by exitting Vim and typing "vim .vimrc".
> 4. Add the following lines at the bottom:
>
> syntax on
> set nocompatible
> (This enables advanced features)
> set tabstop=3
> (I like tabstops to be 3)
> set noexpandtab
> (or "set expandtab", if you want tabs to expand to spaces)
> set ignorecase
> (or "set noignorecase", if you want searches to be
case-sensitive)
> set nowrap
> (or "set wrap", if you like lines to wrap)
> set nobackup
> (or "set backup", if you like automatically created backup
files)
> set ruler
> (Shows row & column all the time)
> set incsearch
> (Incremental search as you type what you're searching for)
> highlight normal guifg=white guibg=black
> (sets gvim to have white-text-on-black-background)
> set background=dark
> (helps syntax highlighting in choosing nice-contrast colors
> since I use dark backgrounds.)
> syntax on
> (Turns on syntax highlighting using the above as a reference
> contrast)
> set visualbell
> (Turns off the annoying noise and turns on flashing screen on
> instead)
> set t_vb=
> (Makes the flashing screen to not do anything. With the "set
> visualbell" option, this effectively gets rid of any noises
> or flashes when you do something bad)
>
> That's what I like to do... I think I'm missing a few things but you get
> the idea.
>
> > I need to get some sort of syntax file(s) (I think) that defines the
syntax
> > checking, where do I get it, how do I use it?
>
> It should be already installed with the standard runtime files. If not,
> HP/UX probably gutted them out. You can get the original runtime files
> from ftp://ftp.vim.org/. A close mirror is right there in UCD at
> ftp://nuxi.ucdavis.edu/. The files that ends in "rt" (ie -
> "vim57rt.tar.gz", where 57 means version 5.7) are the runtime files.
>
> > Can I display colors if I doing vim from the command line (from an
xterm)?
>
> Under color xterm, you can, though you don't get as many colors as you do
> under gvim (graphical version of vim that runs under X Window). However,
> HP/UX has a very peculiar way of handling colors so I've never had very
> good luck with it. I did have a color xterm at one point but the resizing
> didn't work well and you had to signal xterm that the resizing occurred.
> It's a very painful process. I'll help you complain to HP, if you'd
> like :)
>
> > Lastly when I start vim, I type <esc>:h and get the help screen. It
splits
> > the screen, but what key sequence(s) do I use to control the split
screens
> > (i.e. close one, open one, dictate where to split, move the split...)?
I'm
> > trying to read the help but I only get a couple of lines at a time.
>
> When you type ":h", the first thing the help tells you is how to navigate:
>
> h, j, k, l or the arrow keys to move around
> Ctrl-] to go to a topic
> Ctrl-t to to back
>
> If you have questions about syntax highlighting, type:
>
> :help syntax
>
> If you have questions about split screens, type:
>
> :help split
>
> Etc.
>
> BTW, to control split screens:
>
> Ctrl-w, j - Move one window down
> Ctrl-w, k - Move one window up
> Ctrl-w, + - Make the window bigger by one line. Precede by a number
> to make it bigger by several lines.
> Ctrl-w, - - Make the window smaller by one line. Precede by a number
> to make it smaller by several lines.
> :split - Spawn a new split window.
> :e <filename> - Open <filename> in the current window.
>
> -Mark
>
> PS: "gvim" has menus with shortcut keys next to the menu item.
>
> --
> Mark K. Kim
> http://www.cbreak.org/mark/
> PGP key available upon request.
>
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