The screenrc.vim syntax file needs updating to recoginize the new layout command.
The patch should be something like the following, but I haven't the foggiest what the standards are, and also I didn't find any trace of the screenrc.vim file in the screen git repos. Should go to vim-devel, the file's maintainer, or has this already been taken care of elsewhere..? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** /usr/share/vim/vim71/syntax/screen.vim 2008-10-17 14:11:29.000000000 -0400 --- .vim/syntax/screen.vim 2010-01-02 12:43:16.000000000 -0500 *************** *** 1,7 **** " Vim syntax file " Language: screen(1) configuration file " Maintainer: Nikolai Weibull <n...@bitwi.se> ! " Latest Revision: 2006-04-19 if exists("b:current_syntax") finish --- 1,7 ---- " Vim syntax file " Language: screen(1) configuration file " Maintainer: Nikolai Weibull <n...@bitwi.se> ! " Latest Revision: 2010-01-02 if exists("b:current_syntax") finish *************** *** 62,68 **** \ hardcopy_append hardcopydir hardstatus log \ logfile login logtstamp mapdefault mapnotnext \ maptimeout term termcap terminfo termcapinfo ! \ vbell vbell_msg vbellwait hi def link screenEscape Special hi def link screenComment Comment --- 62,68 ---- \ hardcopy_append hardcopydir hardstatus log \ logfile login logtstamp mapdefault mapnotnext \ maptimeout term termcap terminfo termcapinfo ! \ vbell vbell_msg vbellwait layout hi def link screenEscape Special hi def link screenComment Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks, CJ