I really don’t know why Apple doesn’t do the similar things like other Linux distribution makers. The default vim is very simple–many setups are not switched on. For example: “syntax color”, and “ruler”.
For mac users, just edit .vimrc at HOME, add two lines:
set syntax enable
set ruler
Your vim will show syntax color when you are working on some program codes and the right bottom corner will show the current position. Then, I don’t need to run “set nu” to see what’s the number of the current line I am..
Here are the screenshots:
The simple mode, no color for the syntax and no position ruler is shown.
Better mode, syntax is colored and the ruler is shown!
i had to set this:
syntax on
set ruler
Comment by nils petersohn — December 9, 2008 @ 2:01 am |
I too had to use:
syntax on
set ruler
The screenshots show a rxvt terminal, so I wonder if a different vi(m) is being used. I am running vim 7.2 (the default with Leopard).
Comment by Jeffrey Wilson — February 12, 2009 @ 11:18 am |
Perhaps both ways are doable.
I am using VIM 7.2 now. But I don’t know if I also used 7.2 when I made this post because
I have upgraded from tiger 10.4.9 to leopard 10.5.6 last month.
Comment by kpwu — February 12, 2009 @ 2:21 pm |
Yes. I had to use :
syntax on
set nu
set ruler
Comment by Arunabh Das — October 13, 2010 @ 7:32 am |
This is what worked for me also. I’m on a Mac OSX 10.4 with ViM 7.0.224.
Comment by Marnie — February 12, 2011 @ 12:41 pm |
You can copy the sample file from location:
/usr/share/vim/vim73/vimrc_example.vim
Comment by Shivendra Dayal — January 29, 2012 @ 8:02 am |