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Date:      Fri, 19 Oct 2001 09:03:07 -0400
From:      Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
To:        FreeBSD <freebsd@XtremeDev.com>, Edward Gess <edward_gess@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: vi features
Message-ID:  <01101909030700.00534@i8k.babbleon.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011018125911.X76770-100000@Amber.XtremeDev.com>
References:  <20011018125911.X76770-100000@Amber.XtremeDev.com>

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On Thursday 18 October 2001 15:00, FreeBSD wrote:
> vi can't do syntax highlighting. You're thinking of vim, which can. And if
> you're from the linux world, most distros even install vim and call it vi
> as default. Crazy kids. Anyways, FreeBSD's vi is nvi, not vim not any
> other vi. So if you want syntax highlighting, get vim.

. . . or vile.

>
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Edward Gess wrote:
> >    Hello,
> >   I know it is possible to get vi running with colors... In a word how to
> >   run vi with displaying "C", "HTML", etc., tags???
> >
> >   Thanks - Ed.
> >
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