Adrien Beau wrote:
> 
> What kind of difference? Completely different, or some
> colors changing a bit?
> 

Completely different color sets -- the one started from the menu for
instance uses yellow (against a white background) for commands like
rotate & translate.  Too hard for these aging eyes to see!  So needless
to say, I try and start from a term. window.

> It might be due to the 'background' option. Type
> 
>         :set background?
> 
> and see if it has the same values from the GUI menu and
> from the xterm.

Will do. (when I get back from the beach, so it may be awhile...) 
Someone else thought it might have to do with some environment variable
somewhere, but he didn't venture a guess.

> 
> > What IS pov.vim?
> 
> It is the file responsible for POV syntax highlighting.

I figured as much.

 
> It lists the keywords and lots of other rules to highlight numbers, strings,
> directives and such. It is written in "Vim script", that explains
> the .vim extension. See the "syntax" subdirectory in
> /usr/share/vim/vim5.x (or wherever Libranet put it).
> 
> Most syntax files are made by users. The "old" pov.vim (vim 5.7
> and earlier) had a basic, quickly-made POV syntax file. The "new"
> pov.vim (vim 5.8 and later) seems to be better. I had began my
> own syntax file but have stopped it when the "new" one was
> released. I might rework on it though, because I think mine is
> a bit better... :-)
> 
> And as I said, you're not obliged to upgrade your whole gvim
> package. The Vim site has somewhere a list of all syntax files,
> and you can download an up-to-date pov.vim there (well, I hope
> so).
> 
Thanks very much! This may help solve my syntax color discrepancy.  I'll
investigate all this later when I get back from vacation!
--Mark

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