syntax highlighting of rc.conf with vim

[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.

Miroslav Lachman