strange behavior of vim syntax highlighting

[Aaron Konstam]

On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 15:42 +0200, Uwe Kiewel wrote:
> Gilboa Davara schrieb:
> > On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 15:00 +0200, Uwe Kiewel wrote:
> >> Hi world,
> >>
> >> I've got a problem using vim's syntax highlighting feature.
> >>
> >> System: Runlevel 5, KDE, Fedora 8
> >>
> >> - in a text console (STRG-ALT-F1)-> it works
> >> - ssh to localhost or ssh from a remote system -> it works
> >> - as user doing su - user -> it works
> >> - opening a xterm in KDE -> it doesn't work
> >>
> >>
> >> My question: What is the difference between the first 3 ways and the
> >> last one in allocating the vim environment?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> 	Uwe
> >>
> > 
> > What's the output of xterm's TERM?
> > $ echo $TERM
> > 
> > ... Try:
> > $ TERM=xterm-color vim ...
> > 
> > - Gilboa
> > 
> 
> Well, thanks for the answer. Now, I found out vi=!vim. With vim I have
> syntax high lighting everywhere, with vi no. So, I'll make a alias.
> 
> Thanks,	
> 	Uwe
> 
It should have already been an alias by default.
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