""""""""""""""""""" Colour support and syntax highlighting """"""""""""""""""" 

" Some systems have a terminfo entry for "rxvt" and have an "xterm" terminfo 
" entry without color support. Use the "COLORTERM" environment variable 
" rxvt sets to enable colours in it.
:if $COLORTERM == "rxvt"
:  set term=rxvt
:endif
:if &term == "rxvt"
:  set t_Co=8
:  set ttyfast
:endif

" Colours suitable for a dark background, which is what my Linux console,
" xterms and rxvts are configured to have.
set background=dark
syntax on
