Re: vim html highlight not work.

* Charles Campbell (Charles.E.Campbell@nasa.gov) wrote:
> Zhe Lee wrote:
> > The filetype is html, and syntax is on.
> >
> > the html.vim is in the \Vim\vim80\syntax\. But the html still not highlight
> >
> >
> > why is that?
> >
> What does vim --version (or :version when running vim) show? In
> particular, do you have +syntax or -syntax? You'll need to have the
> former to be able to have syntax highlighting. You do realize that
> html.vim itself will be highlighted according to vim's own syntax rules,
> not html's.
>
> What does :echo $VIMRUNTIME show -- and do you a) have syntax files in
> $VIMRUNTIME/syntax, and b) have permission to read them at that location.
>
> By "html.vim" are you referring to the syntax highlighting file that
> came with vim or are you attempting to make your own? If the latter,
> you really should not be overwriting the vim version, rather you should
> be putting it into $HOME/.vim/syntax .
It also depends on your terminal.
Are you using a native terminal or ssh to it?
What does echo $TERM print? Is it xterm?
Make sure I have set :syntax on.

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