VIM syntax highlighting, not working

[dreamLogic]

Hello.

I have emerged VIM-9.0.2167 (without the minimal flag) and there is no syntax highlighting. I also have "filetype plugin on" and "syntax on" in my .vimrc

[bstaletic]

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:scriptnames

That will show what vim scripts have been sourced.

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:filetype

That will show if you have really set `filetype`.

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:set

That will show all set options.

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:verbose set $THING

That will show from where was $THING set.

[dreamLogic]

Here's the output

https://dpaste.com/5J2VZVU3B

[bstaletic]

`filetype` is not set, therefore no syntax highlighting.
You do have `filetype detect` on, so vim will try to detect the filetype, but comes up empty in your case.

How are you invoking vim?

[dreamLogic]

Just normally, from the terminal.

vim 'file'

Maybe the filetype has to be set in the file, or there has to be a file extension for it to detect?

[bstaletic]

Vim is a little smarter than just looking at the extension. It can detect the shell script shebang, for example. But yes, having an extension does help.

There're also modelines, as in :h modeline.

You can set the filetype manually with :h :setf.

[dreamLogic]

I've been running vim without syntax highlighting but think I'd like to try again to get this fixed.
I noticed there are no help files so :h option doesn't work with anything.