This is a mirror of http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4325

This script will convert a file to a highlighted version using ANSI escape codes and print it to your terminal, like cat only with colors.

This script is part of the vimpager project, which itself is available on vim.org here:

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1723

The project is hosted on GitHub, where you can file issues and submit pull requests:

https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Most of the code in this script is not mine, I only fixed some minor OS compatibility issues.

The following people are responsible for this functionality:

Original vim script for highlighting with ANSI codes, AnsiHighlight by:

Matthew Wozniski (mjw@drexel.edu)

Original conversion to shell script by:

Magnus Woldrich: https://github.com/trapd00r/utils/blob/master/_v

Fixes to the highlighting code to make the utility actually usable (and not bleed the background color etc.) by:

krijesta: Chris Chambers <krijesta@google.com>