wierd problem with vi/konsole

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#1

Hello, Guys

I just notice something on my laptop.

Everytime I create a text file for perl, vi/konsole does not show me the syntax highlight and indent until I save the file and reopen it.

So I am wandering if any of you have this issue or not.

I running the latest version of kde and openSUSE 64bit.

Thanks,

#2

yeast2u <yeast2u@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> writes:

> Hello, Guys
>
> I just notice something on my laptop.
>
> Everytime I create a text file for perl, vi/konsole does not show me
> the syntax highlight and indent until I save the file and reopen it.
>
> So I am wandering if any of you have this issue or not.
>
> I running the latest version of kde and openSUSE 64bit.
>
> Thanks,

Could it be that the file name extension is used to decide what syntax
highlighting to use?

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Regards,
Barry Nichols

#3

It could be that. Thanks,

#4

vi can’t determine the syntax highlight to use without something to go on. Usually this is the file name but I think it can also figure it out from the #! at the top.

If you want to tell vi what syntax to use (either because it doesn’t know or its wrong) hit Esc and type the following

:set syntax=perl

replace “perl” with whatever syntax highlight you want to use e.g. python, cpp, sh (heaps more are supported).

There is a way to tell vim what file types to associate with particular highlighters in your ~/.vimrc file but I’ll leave that as an exercise for the reader.