VIM support syntax highlight, but you might need to do the following if your SQL file has a different extension. mkdir -p .vim/ftdetect cd .vim/ftdetect/ vi mine.vim more mine.vim au BufRead,BufNewFile *.tab set filetype=sql au BufRead,BufNewFile *.ops set filetype=sql au BufRead,BufNewFile *.opb set filetype=sql Richard On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:51:25 -0800, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > http://www.vim.org/scripts/script_search_results.php?keywords=oracle&script_type=&order_by=rating&direction=descending&search=search > > The latest versions of VIM do just fairly well with SQL by default. > > HTH > > Jared > > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:48:15 -0500, Bob Metelsky > > > <bobmetelsky@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ummm > > > > does anyone use syntax highlighting for vi or vim? Id like to at least > > get .oracle- .sql and possible shell scripts. The black and white gets > > my eyes crossed in a few hours ;-) The syntax highlighting would be a > > god send! > > > > I googled for it but nothing is prominent, so I thought asking here > > would be more efficient than trying all sorts of things that dont work. > > > > Thanks > > Bob > > > > -- > > "Oracle error messages being what they are, do not > > highlight the correct cause of fault, but will identify > > some other error located close to where the real fault lies." > > > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > -- > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l