Enable Vim Syntax Highlighting By Default

Edit your $HOME/.vimrc (Unix/Linux/OSX) or $HOME/_vimrc (Windows) to include the following line: syntax on EDIT If your syntax highlighting doesn’t work when you start Vim, you probably don’t have a $HOME/.vimrc or $HOME/_vimrc (known collectively as vimrc from now on). In that case, you have two options: Create an empty vimrc. Copy vimrc_example.vim as your … Read more