Thanks all for the answers, it's working. I didn't remember having that alias "problem" under FC2. > -----Message d'origine----- > De : fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Gilboa Davara > Envoyé : samedi 8 octobre 2005 10:24 > À : For users of Fedora Core releases > Objet : Re: [FC4] [VIM] Problem with color syntax and other under root > > This is because as user, *vi* is aliased to *vim* (AKA VI enhanced). > As root, when you type vi, you actually run the normal > syntax-color-less vi. > > As for the original question. > Make you start vim. > If syntax coloring still fails, type :syntax enable > > Gilboa > > On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 23:06 -0500, Justin Willmert wrote: > > Richard England wrote: > > > Constantin CHARISSIS wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> I have a problem with color syntaxing not working under vim only > > >> with the root user. > > >> Autoindent/smartindent is also not working under root only > > >> > > >> .vimrc of both root and normal user : > > >> > > >> set nocompatible > > >> set bs=2 > > >> set expandtab > > >> syntax on > > >> set tabstop=2 > > >> set autoindent > > >> set smartindent > > >> set shiftwidth=2 > > >> set ruler > > >> set showmatch > > >> set encoding=latin9 > > >> set fileencodings=latin9 > > >> > > >> TERM=linux for both > > >> > > >> With the user : color syntax and indent is working With root : > > >> color syntax and indent is not working > > >> > > >> What is strange is that my 2 chars tab is working under root... > > >> > > >> I'm running FC4 i386 updated. > > >> > > >> [root@tux ~]# rpm -qa "vim*" > > >> vim-minimal-6.3.086-0.fc4 > > >> vim-enhanced-6.3.086-0.fc4 > > >> vim-common-6.3.086-0.fc4 > > >> > > >> Using "strace vim" under root shows that vim reads the .vimrc > > >> without problem. > > >> > > >> Any idea about this problem ? > > >> > > >> Constantin Charissis > > >> DATASWIFT > > >> > > >> > > > Constantin, > > > > > > Are you certain your path for root and user are letting > you get to > > > the same version of VIM? > > > > > > If you have not found a solution, you might consider > visiting this > > > URL http://www.vim.org/community.php and subscribing to the VIM > > > mailing list. It's at least as helpful as this one and > more likely > > > to help you solve a VIM specific issue. > > > > > One peculiarity I found was that as any normal user, you > can just type > > vi and a file name and syntax highlighting is on > automatically. With > > root, you have to type vim. I don't know why this is, but I'm just > > passing on what I've figured out. > > > > Hope that helps, > > Justin Willmert > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >