There are two VIM syntax files contributed: pacemaker-crm.vim pcmk.vim Neither matches colours used in crm configure show and both need to be improved. Still, you may want to edit a more colorful configuration. To have that in "crm configure edit" do the following: Copy one of them to ~/.vim/syntax/pcmk.vim. Don't forget to put "syntax on" in the VIM rc file (~/.vimrc or ~/.exrc). If you're editing a file directly, just type: :setf pcmk Many thanks to the contributors: Trevor Hemsley <themsley@voiceflex.com> Dan Frincu <df.cluster@gmail.com> Lars Ellenberg <lars@linbit.com>