I am trying to figure out why I don't have syntax highlighting when editing my crontab.
I have both $EDITOR and $VISUAL set to /usr/bin/vim:
> echo $EDITOR
/usr/bin/vim
> echo $VISUAL
/usr/bin/vim
If I save the crontab to a file and edit it with vim syntax highlighting is enabled.
> crontab -l > saved_cronab
> /usr/bin/vim saved_crontab
And if I use :syntax on while editing the crotab nothing changes
How can I enable highlighting when editing crontab with crontab -e?
Best Answer
Did you export these variables (
export EDITOR VISUAL)?