From: Mark <znxster@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Colors/styles in vim
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:09:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <169ffc030904220909x50e48e95j6023ed8c2a8cf981@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49EF3960.3070002@anferny.me.uk>
2009/4/22 Anthony Metcalf <nevyn@anferny.me.uk>:
> Chris Lieb wrote:
>> I am new to vim and am encountering an annoying issue: certain things
>> that I type in get highlighted red, for no apparent reason. For
>> example, if I create a file test.txt and insert the following text:
>>
>> "prog"
>>
>> the prog is given a red background. Even if I use ':syntax off', it is
>> still red.
>>
>> What is causing this to happen? This makes it very hard to edit code
>> since strings are colored red, causing a red-on-red issue where you
>> can't read the text at all.
>
> You don't happen to have searched for "prog" last do you? try hitting
> "/zzzzz" (assuming you don't have zzzz in the file...) in command mode
> and see if the highlight goes away.
Maybe the spell checker is enabled?
:set nospell
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-22 16:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-22 15:33 [gentoo-user] [OT] Colors/styles in vim Chris Lieb
2009-04-22 15:36 ` Anthony Metcalf
2009-04-22 16:09 ` Mark [this message]
2009-04-22 17:53 ` [gentoo-user] " Chris Lieb
2009-04-22 17:50 ` Chris Lieb
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