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How to get a syntax highlight in vi editor?

Asked by saridhamani

Hi,
  I'm doing C programming using vi editor. I was trying to put Syntax Highlight option for that. But i didn't find any options like that. So facing problems while typing the datatypes,keywords, etc..
Hope somebody will give the solution for my problem.
Thanks in advance.

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Best Qwerty Maniac (qwertymaniac) said : 		#1

Use the syntax enable command:

:syntax enable

Hope you have the full vim installed and not just the vim-tiny that comes by default (I think).

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saridhamani (saridha-mani) said : 		#2

Yes now i installed full vim. Got the solution also.

Thanks Maniac.