[CentOS] Colors in vi for user root

[Tim Verhoeven]

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Mário Gamito <gamito at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  How can I have vi with syntax hilghting for root ?
>  Regular users have it, but not root's.
>
>  I've seen the hidden files of a regular user home, but found nothing.

Do "vim file" instead of "vi file". As root "vi" gets you a standard
UNIX vi, "vim" gets you the enhanced vi with colors etc.

Regards,
Tim

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