Syntax highlighting in vim for python

Question

How do I do I set the syntax highlighting in Vim 7 for python?

I would like to set my own colorschemes, and syntax highlighting for a type of code file.

Answer 1

The command to enable syntax highlighting in vim is :syntax on, if you want it to be active everytime you launch vim, just add a line containing syntax on in your .vimrc file.

If you're already editing a Python file and syntax highlighting wasn't on, after enabling syntax highlighting (as above) then: :set filetype=python

Answer 2

If you're on *nix system (linux, macos) or cygwin and if you already have vim :set syntax set but your filename doesn't end with .py you can add a shebang to the first line of your file:

#!/usr/bin/env python 

Next time you open the file in vim, you should see syntax highlighting. Note this will work for other file types, you just use the interpreter name i.e. (python, ruby, sh)

Answer 3

1. Verify that you have the latest version of vim, equally execute sudo apt-get install vim
2. Modify the .vimrc file with the instruction echo "syntax on" >> ~/.vimrc
3. Open the file with vi app.py. You will see the Syntax highlighting

Answer 4

Put the line syntax on in your .vimrc.