Mengaktifkan Coloring Text VIM

Vi atau VIM adalah teks editor yang sangat power full dan banyak digunakan oleh sistem administrator atau pun programmer di GNU/Linux. Kelebihan teks editor ini adalah keringanannya dan mampu dijalankan di mode teks (tanpa gui). Sehingga tidak jarang, di samping teks editor lainnya seperti nano atau pico, vim juga sangat terkenal.

Namun pada beberapa sistem operasi (khususnya distribusi GNU/Linux), coloring text atau sintaks vim tidak ada sama sekali. Sehingga yang terjadi adalah warna teks yang monoton (semisal putih), padahal untuk beberapa distro lainnya (misal ubuntu) coloring text sudah aktif. hal ini saya temui di distribusi Debian 7.

coloring text tidak aktif di debian 7

Untuk mengaktifkan coloring text bisa dilakukan dengan mengedit vimrc di folder /opt/vim/.

" All system-wide defaults are set in $VIMRUNTIME/debian.vim (usually just
" /usr/share/vim/vimcurrent/debian.vim) and sourced by the call to :runtime
" you can find below. If you wish to change any of those settings, you should
" do it in this file (/etc/vim/vimrc), since debian.vim will be overwritten
" everytime an upgrade of the vim packages is performed. It is recommended to
" make changes after sourcing debian.vim since it alters the value of the
" 'compatible' option.

" This line should not be removed as it ensures that various options are
" properly set to work with the Vim-related packages available in Debian.
runtime! debian.vim

" Uncomment the next line to make Vim more Vi-compatible
" NOTE: debian.vim sets 'nocompatible'. Setting 'compatible' changes numerous
" options, so any other options should be set AFTER setting 'compatible'.
"set compatible

" Vim5 and later versions support syntax highlighting. Uncommenting the next
" line enables syntax highlighting by default.
"syntax on

" If using a dark background within the editing area and syntax highlighting
" turn on this option as well
"set background=dark

" Uncomment the following to have Vim jump to the last position when
" reopening a file
"if has("autocmd")
" au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g'\"" | endif
"endif

" Uncomment the following to have Vim load indentation rules and plugins
" according to the detected filetype.
"if has("autocmd")
" filetype plugin indent on
"endif

" The following are commented out as they cause vim to behave a lot
" differently from regular Vi. They are highly recommended though.
"set showcmd            " Show (partial) command in status line.
"set showmatch          " Show matching brackets.
"set ignorecase         " Do case insensitive matching
"set smartcase          " Do smart case matching
"set incsearch          " Incremental search
"set autowrite          " Automatically save before commands like :next and :make
"set hidden             " Hide buffers when they are abandoned
"set mouse=a            " Enable mouse usage (all modes)

" Source a global configuration file if available
if filereadable("/etc/vim/vimrc.local")
source /etc/vim/vimrc.local
endif

perhatikan pada teks yang ditebalkan yaitu pada teks syntax on, hilangkan tanda petik ( " ). Setelah itu untuk memastikan hal tersebut bekerja, coba edit file tertentu. Sebagai contoh, saya edit file idea.desktop. Berikut hasilnya :