Hi Brendan and Paul,

It is not totally obvious how to enable syntax highlighting in vile.  I
first looked in /usr/share/doc/vile-filters/README.Debian, but that only
explains how the package is broken up.  The answer is available indirectly
from README.gz, line 32:

| want syntax coloring?  add "--with-builtin-filters" to your configure
| options and then read the topics "Color basics" and "Syntax coloring" in
| the file vile.hlp.

which requires further chasing to discover

|    Users should take these additional steps:
|
|    1) add the following to their $HOME/.vilerc startup files:
|
|          source "filters.rc"

from :help.  Perhaps the README.Debian could help the user get running
more quickly by mentioning this 'source' line.  Or better yet, could this
be the default?

Jonathan

fwiw, the filters are documented in vile.hlp (section on Syntax coloring) and
filters.doc

Generally though, I use the -I option to fill in a "source vileinit.rc" to get
things started.  That sources filters.rc and other things that seem to be
generally useful.

see also

http://invisible-island.net/vile/vile-toc.html

(the html documentation is used to generate vile.hlp and the various .doc files)

fwiw, the filters are documented in vile.hlp (section on Syntax coloring) and
filters.doc

Generally though, I use the -I option to fill in a "source vileinit.rc" to get
things started.  That sources filters.rc and other things that seem to be
generally useful.

see also

http://invisible-island.net/vile/vile-toc.html

(the html documentation is used to generate vile.hlp and the various .doc files)