syntax highlighting of rc.conf with vim

[Michael Worobcuk]

Am 28.07.2007 um 14:26 schrieb Miroslav Lachman:

> Michael Worobcuk wrote:
>
>> Am 28.07.2007 um 12:55 schrieb Christian Walther:
>>> Hi Michael,
>>>
>>> On 28/07/07, Michael Worobcuk <mail at michaelworobcuk.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I am using  vim-7.1.18.
>>>> Everything works fine except the syntax highlighting of rc.conf.
>>>> The problem is that vim does no highlighting for the rc.conf but
>>>> other .conf files are highlighted es expected.
>>>> So I came to the conclusion that the syntax file for .conf would
>>>> probably be ok.
>>>> I also tried to use vim 6.x and copy the syntax files from a  
>>>> machine
>>>> were everything works fine. But the problem did not disappear.
>>>> Does anybody have a clou ?
>>>>
>>> Is it possible that it's something related to your rc.conf?
>>> What does the first line read, "#!/bin/sh"?
>> No, the first line of  /etc/rc.conf starts with the hostname.
>
> If your rc.conf file will start with comment character (#) then  
> syntax highlight will be OK.

WUOUf, that is a pretty trick. Thanks very much. It works.