On some systems the vim syntax highlighting works as expected. But on my Zorin 18 laptop it doesn't do highlighting at all, nomatter what I do. Google search said I need to add a line to the ~/.vimrc file but on other systems where it works that file doesn't exist. And I think it is related but the position memory (where it returns you to the line you were on when you last edited a file) isn't working either - it just always goes to the start of the file.
Anyone have any clues?