[CentOS] Where are my VIM colors?

On Dec 7, 2007 9:49 AM,  <israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu> wrote:
> Maybe, it's stupid question but I've just installed CentOS5 and when I'm
> going to edit some of my conf files I see no colors as it did in old
> CentOS4x...
> I'm using:
>
> [root at domian:~]$ echo $TERM
> xterm
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Regards,
> Israel
>

If you start vim with no filename, just 'vi' (or 'vim') do you see
blue coloring in the about box?  If so, once you open your files, you
might want to try ":syntax enable", and see if that gives you the
colors.