# Display the path of the current file at bottom in Vim # .vimrc set laststatus=2 set statusline+=#F # Install full version of Vim in Ubuntu sudo apt-get remove vim-tiny sudo apt-get install vim # Color command line with git branch # .bashrc source ~/.bash_git PS1='\n\[\e[1;37m\]|-- \[\e[1;32m\]\u\[\e[0;39m\]@\[\e[1;36m\]\h\[\e[0;39m\]:\[\e[1;33m\]\w\[\e[0;39m\]\[\e[1;35m\]$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")\[\e[0;39m\] \[\e[1;37m\]--|\[\e[0;39m\]\n$ ' # Get colors in 'less'' command Use view instead of less. It opens the file with vim in readonly mode. It's practically a coloured less: a pager where you can search with / (and more). The only drawback is that you can't exit with q but you need :q Also, you get the same colouring as vim (since you're in fact using vim).