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So I've installed http://vimawesome.com/plugin/vim-polyglot as per those instructions (it shows up with :ListPlugins ), but it's not highlighting any of my code.

I realise that's not a lot to go on, but is there any configuration work? Or should it all be automatic?

I do see yellow and blue tag indicators though - is it possible that terminal theming breaks the syntax highlighting?

Does anyone have any experience or would know why? Thanks. :)

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  • Did you tried :set hl ?
    – SibiCoder
    Jun 28, 2016 at 5:37
  • If I do that I get: highlight=8:SpecialKey,@:NonText,d:Directory,e:ErrorMsg,i:IncSearch,l:Search,m:MoreMsg,M:ModeMsg,n:LineNr,r:Question,s:StatusLi ne,S:StatusLineNC,c:VertSplit,t:Title,v:Visual,V:VisualNOS,w:WarningMsg,W:WildMenu,f:Folded,F:FoldColumn,A:DiffAdd,C:DiffChange,D :DiffDelete,T:DiffText,>:SignColumn,-:Conceal,B:SpellBad,P:SpellCap,R:SpellRare,L:SpellLocal,+:Pmenu,=:PmenuSel,x:PmenuSbar,X:Pme nuThumb,*:TabLine,#:TabLineSel,_:TabLineFill,!:CursorColumn,.:CursorLine,o:ColorColumn Jun 28, 2016 at 5:41
  • This happened for us in vi editor. May be, you cab set compatible to nocomaptible or vice versa to see the effect.
    – SibiCoder
    Jun 28, 2016 at 5:42
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    The output shows that your vim has applied colorscheme., but the terminal may have a problem. Did you tried set t_Co=256 in your vimrc file. This might show ttesut.
    – SibiCoder
    Jun 28, 2016 at 5:43
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    I've used polyglot in the past, and I never got any problem. Do you have syntax on ?
    – nobe4
    Jun 28, 2016 at 6:35

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To be able to use the syntax highlighting in vim you must put the following line on your vimrc:

syntax on

Depending on your preferences/plugin manager (if any), it may want to put it at the start of your vimrc.

Have a look at :

  • :h usr_06.txt
  • :h syntax

PS: to sort my vim options, I use the :options command and sort using the existing groups.

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    TIL: there is an useful command named :options. Jun 28, 2016 at 15:34

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