From: Fergus Daly <fergusd84@outlook.com>
To: "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: Trouble with setting ini files : gnuplot and vi
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:01:27 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DB6PR03MB301332136B2C86BB8BA15514A4C00@DB6PR03MB3013.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201221204729.GB24883@phoenix>
>> Despite best efforts I cannot find a way of setting user preferences
>> for vi (e.g. preferred syntax-sensitive settings) and gnuplot (e.g. preferred line colours / thickness).
>> I have tried editing /etc/vimrc, /etc/virc for vi; and /etc/X11/app-defaults/Gnuplot for gnuplot accordingly.
>> (I use gnuplot-x11.) No change from standard representation.
>> Any ideas?
> If you are really using /usr/bin/vi and not /usr/bin/vim, then you are using the small version of vim,
> which does not support filetype detection or syntax highlighting as well as some other vim features.
> If you want a full-featured vim, install the vim package.
> Regards, Gary
Seen immediately after my reply to Eliot. Thanks very much - now all is clear.
Fergus
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-21 21:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-21 13:36 Fergus Daly
2020-12-21 14:07 ` Eliot Moss
2020-12-21 20:58 ` Fergus Daly
2020-12-21 21:02 ` Eliot Moss
2020-12-21 21:06 ` Achim Gratz
2020-12-21 20:47 ` Gary Johnson
2020-12-21 21:01 ` Fergus Daly [this message]
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