Comments on: vi syntax highlighting on MacOs http://undefined.com/ia/2007/01/16/vi-syntax-highlighting-on-macos/ Agile & Open Source Software, Economics, Liberty and Entrepreneurship Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:11:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jb http://undefined.com/ia/2007/01/16/vi-syntax-highlighting-on-macos/#comment-6061 jb Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:17:40 +0000 http://undefined.com/ia/2007/01/16/vi-syntax-highlighting-on-macos/#comment-6061 Yeah, you're right. Stupid moment on my part. There wasn't a .vimrc file on the laptop when I created it. Yeah, you’re right. Stupid moment on my part. There wasn’t a .vimrc file on the laptop when I created it.

]]> By: Ken Miller http://undefined.com/ia/2007/01/16/vi-syntax-highlighting-on-macos/#comment-6060 Ken Miller Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:13:38 +0000 http://undefined.com/ia/2007/01/16/vi-syntax-highlighting-on-macos/#comment-6060 Wow, that's an excellent way to destroy people's vim config files. You want this: <code> echo "syntax on" >> ~/.vimrc </code> The single > will OVERWRITE the file. Double >> appends. Wow, that’s an excellent way to destroy people’s vim config files. You want this:


echo "syntax on" >> ~/.vimrc

The single > will OVERWRITE the file. Double >> appends.

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