OT screen colors in "vim" don't even try....

[Fairlight]

Okay, -not- trying to insult you, John.  But have you tried:

:syntax off

Works for me when I use it.

I agree that vim hasn't been updated in ages, but I don't have a problem
with that.  Better than something like Word, where they trot out a new
version with features hardly anyone needs, all in the name of revenue
stream.

FWIW, I think vim is decent, although it was starting to edge up on EMACS
in terms of bloat.  I think if they'd rolled elisp in there, it might have
rivaled it, actually.  I'm kind of glad they stopped where they did.

I dunno, it's the only editor I use anymore, and I've not had problems
with it.  I haven't fired up EMACS in probably three years or better, and
that was to edit a binary file, for which it's better suited.  And it's
my editor of choice in Windows (gvim), as I tend not to like Wordpad, and
Notepad just plain sucks.  I have OpenOffice.org, but it's not worth firing
up that much bloat just to work on code--it's not really meant as a code
editor.

I can't really say anything about Bram.  Never had to deal with him.

I remember when Bill Vermillion was still alive, he was using vanilla vi
until the end.  He disliked vim.  So you're in good company, there.  :)
Just don't jump on the bandwagon, man.  Bad enough we've already lost
Vermillion and Stockler.  Dare I say the fP community is dying
off...literally?  </macabre>

mark->
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