Easy way to get syntax highlighting for Julia in Vim - vim

Question

I am trying to get Julia to have syntax highlighting in Vim. Unfortunately, at the moment, I there is no syntax highlighting (here is a small snippet of my code so you can see what it currently looks like). I tried installing julia-vim and putting it in the .vimrc file and installing it, but it doesn't actually change the highlighting. Below is the .vimrc file:
set nocompatible " be iMproved, required
filetype off " required
" set the runtime path to include Vundle and initialize
set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin()
" alternatively, pass a path where Vundle should install plugins
"call vundle#begin('~/some/path/here')
" let Vundle manage Vundle, required
Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim'
" The following are examples of different formats supported.
" Keep Plugin commands between vundle#begin/end.
" plugin on GitHub repo
Plugin 'tpope/vim-fugitive'
" plugin from http://vim-scripts.org/vim/scripts.html
" Plugin 'L9'
" Git plugin not hosted on GitHub
Plugin 'git://git.wincent.com/command-t.git'
" git repos on your local machine (i.e. when working on your own
plugin)
Plugin 'file:///home/gmarik/path/to/plugin'
" The sparkup vim script is in a subdirectory of this repo called vim.
" Pass the path to set the runtimepath properly.
Plugin 'rstacruz/sparkup', {'rtp': 'vim/'}
" Install L9 and avoid a Naming conflict if you've already installed a
" different version somewhere else.
" Plugin 'ascenator/L9', {'name': 'newL9'}
" All of your Plugins must be added before the following line
call vundle#end() " required
filetype plugin indent on " required
" To ignore plugin indent changes, instead use:
"filetype plugin on
"
" Brief help
" :PluginList - lists configured plugins
" :PluginInstall - installs plugins; append `!` to update or
just :PluginUpdate
" :PluginSearch foo - searches for foo; append `!` to refresh local cache
" :PluginClean - confirms removal of unused plugins; append
`!` to auto-approve removal
"
Plugin 'JuliaEditorSupport/julia-vim'
"
"
"
" see :h vundle for more details or wiki for FAQ
" Put your non-Plugin stuff after this line
I'm also note sure how to fix it after reading the julia-vim documentation. Am I doing anything incorrectly, or is there another way to add some syntax highlighting to Julia?
I have seen from one of the answers to this question asked by #Thomas that it might be how I have set up my terminal, but I'd prefer to keep the terminal with the present color scheme if possible. See here for my current settings.
EDIT: Thanks to #axwr, I was able to get some syntax highlighting by putting
syntax on
at the end of the .vimrc file and then running
:so %
while editing the .vimrc file. However, as you can see here, the color coding seems to be less than ideal. Only certain packages come up as yellow, the majority is still green, and random things (usually numbers) come up as purple. Is this how julia-vim colors things, or am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

Okay, so.
There are two steps to syntax highlighting in Vim; actually turning it on, and, having the ability to highlight the specific language you want to work in. For most languages vim can do this by default, however some languages, like Julia, require a little help. In this case you have done step two by using vundle to install a Julia plugin.
To acheive step one, you just need the line: syntax on in your vimrc file.
A minimal example vimrc for you, might look like:
set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin()
Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim'
Plugin 'JuliaEditorSupport/julia-vim'
call vundle#end()
set nocompatible
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set number
set hidden
syntax on
filetype plugin indent on
Given the above settings, and a terminal that has the "solarised" colorscheme, a julia file looks like:
Here is the little fizzbuzz julia snippet so you can compare against your highlighting:
for i in 1:100
if i % 15 == 0
println("FizzBuzz")
elseif i % 3 == 0
println("Fizz")
elseif i % 5 == 0
println("Buzz")
else
println(i)
end
end
So, Step by step:
Add syntax on to your .vimrc
Add filetype plugin indent on to your .vimrc
Install the relevant plugin
Source your .vimrc or close vim.
open a file with the correct extension, i.e: test.jl