How to Enable Syntax Highlighting in Vi/Vim Editor
Ravi Saive
Read Also: 10 Reasons Why You Should Use Vi/Vim Text Editor in Linux In this article, we will show how to turn on syntax highlighting temporarily or permanently in Vi/Vim text editor. # yum -y install vim-enhanced How to Enable Syntax Highlighting in VI and VIM To enable Syntax Highlighting feature in VI editor, open the file called /etc/profile. # vi /home/tecmint/.bashrc Add the alias function. # source /etc/profile OR # source /home/tecmint/.bashrc Test Syntax Highlighting in Vi Editor Open any example code of file with vi editor. Example of Syntax Highlighting in VI Turn On or Turn Off Syntax Highlighting in VI You can Turn On or Turn Off syntax highlighting by pressing ESC button and use command as :syntax on and :syntax off in Vi editor.