Re: how to display different color in vi

On 01:12 Thu 25 Dec , skyworld wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> thanks for your help. I have tried several times, but always failed.
>
> 1. I first tried to set "abc" in my file to be red as:
>
> :match abc /\<yellow\>/
>
> the system seems to be idle and there is no response.
>
> 2. I checked help with "match" command and tried its example:
>
> :highlight abc ctermbg=green guibg=green
> :match abc /\<red\>/

This works perfectly fine for me. Maybe you have a tiny build without
+syntax; check the output of `echo has('syntax')`.

Best regards,
Marcin

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