One of the main reasons I switched to Mac was the fact that the user interface is polished and I still maintain the power and freedom I find Linux. But one downside in Mac Terminal is that there is no standard syntax highlighting.
So here is some info how I got to enable some basic syntax highlighting in Terminal and VIM. Note that these settings are user specific and not system wide.
Fire up Terminal and create a .vimrc file in your home directory.
cd vim .vimrc
Edit/create /usr/share/vim/vimrc for system wide settings.
Press the i key to switch vim to Insertion Mode, then enter these lines
set ai " auto indenting
set history=100 " keep 100 lines of history
set ruler " show the cursor position
syntax on " syntax highlighting
set hlsearch " highlight the last searched term
filetype plugin on " use the file type plugins
" When editing a file, always jump to the last cursor position
autocmd BufReadPost *
\ if ! exists("g:leave_my_cursor_position_alone") |
\ if line("'\"") > 0 && line ("'\"") <= line("$") |
\ exe "normal g'\"" |
\ endif |
\ endif
Press the Escape key to take vim out of Insertion Mode, then press : (colon) followed by x to save the file and exit. Now when you list a directory or edit a file through vi(m) you’ll see that all syntaxes are highlighted.
Long live VI(M)!!