Conf files in color

[RandyRiegel]

I create .conf files for virtual domains that I 'Include' at the bottom of my httpd.conf file. How can I get these files (ex. /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/mydomain.com.conf) to display in color when editing with 'vi' like my httpd.conf does? Is there a setting somewhere that tells vi which files to use color editing?

randy

 

[flugh]

Hit : to get to the commandline in vim, and type 'set syntax on'. Google for .vimrc or hit

http://www.dotfiles.com

and get a sample .vimrc with nifty highlighting.

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JBR

 

[RandyRiegel]

I have put syntax on and it still won't do it with a .conf file I create. I can create c,cpp,pl,etc. and syntax coloring works fine. I've looked at a couple diff examples. I'll keep looking...let me know if I'm still overlooking something.

Randy

 

[ericbrunson]

get the vimrc file he mentioned.

 

[RandyRiegel]

I have the .vimrc file from

http://www.dotfiles.com

in my home directory. I notice the tabs and autoindenting and stuff working. But still one file highlights while another one doesn't, here is a link to a GIF of my screen. The window on the top left is me viewing 'httpd.conf' and the one on the bottom left is me viewing 'randyriegel.conf'. Why would one file be highlighted and one file not be?

http://riegel-online.net/colors.gif

Randy

 

[RandyRiegel]

When I said highlighted I meant to say "Syntax colored"

 

[RandyRiegel]

Found what is going on. The file /usr/share/vim/vim62/filetype.vim contains all the highlight settings for differnt file types and specfic files. I renamed all my config files to a .vhost extension and gave that extention filetype = apache.

Randy