Hello terryc,

When editing a file, try

```
:syntax off
```

Check your .vimrc for the same switch. If it is not what you are
referring to, then I don't know.

Ludovic

On 26/02/20 07:15, terryc wrote:
> This annoyance has crept into my system some time ago and I can not
> figure out how to banish it.
>
> I've looked through all the personal and sysem config files and can not
> find a switch to tern off text colourisation.
>
> All I want or need vi for is a simple black text on white(grey
> actually) editor. I have no problem configuring that for xterms.
>
> I do not need or want different coloured text, which always gets in the
> road on simple editing tasks.
>
> TIA.
>
> FWIW I use *edit when I can use colours for bracket matching, level,
> etc, as in latex.
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