[vile] Re: Problem with VILE_LIBDIR_PATH

[Chris G]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 01:29:14PM +0000, Chris G wrote:
> I have another quirk/problem with this migration from FreeBSD to
> Linux.
> 
> I had built my own version of vile on the FreeBSD system so the vile
> filters etc. are in $HOME/share/vile and as vile was configured with
> --prefix=$HOME it all worked OK.
> 
> The new Linux box has vile built by the sysop so it's filters etc. are
> in /usr/local/bin/share/vile.
> 
> I want my own copy of vile.keywords and corresponding colours to be
> used so I set VILE_LIBDIR_PATH to point to $HOME/share/vile but this
> doesn't seem to work properly.
> 
> Without setting VILE_LIBDIR_PATH I get the vile default colours (which
> are a disater on a white background).  When I set VILE_LIBDIR_PATH I
> just get no colours at all.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
OK, I've found out how to do it, copy *my* vile.keywords file to
$HOME/.vile and all works OK.

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Chris Green