Thanks that worked

Dan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
Of Charles Wilson
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 9:52 AM
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Subject: Re: vim and color




Dan Horne wrote:

> Hi
>
> term is set to xterm. If I do ls -l --color (or set the ls alias to do
so),
> the listing is indeed in colour.


Because 'ls.exe' is less careful about emitting color codes than vim is.
  You can even try this:  within vim, type

:se term=rxvt

and the :r a file in.  It should now show up in color.

--Chuck



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