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-rw-r--r--chapter06/vim.xml6
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 40073e13a..709a7a9d7 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
+<listitem><para>May 23, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Vim - added an option to the
+vimrc config file</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>May 23th, 2004 [alexander]: Don't list the initscript in the
contents of the Hotplug package. The reason is that we use winkie's
replacement script from LFS-Bootscripts.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/vim.xml b/chapter06/vim.xml
index 5787a793d..7b1b2d7fc 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim.xml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ the following:</para>
set nocompatible
set backspace=2
syntax on
+set background=dark
" End /etc/vimrc
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
@@ -108,7 +109,10 @@ vi-compatible manner. Remove the "no" if you want the old <command>vi</command>
behavior. The <emphasis>set backspace=2</emphasis> allows
backspacing over line breaks, autoindents and the start of insert. The
<emphasis>syntax on</emphasis> enables <command>vim</command>'s
-semantic coloring.</para>
+syntax highliting, while <emphasis>set background=dark</emphasis> gives the
+highliting a better color scheme for use on the black background of a linux
+console. If you later use X and terminals with a light background, changing
+this will be useful.</para>
<para>Documentation for other available options can be obtained by running
the following command:</para>