There were two VIM syntax files contributed: pacemaker-crm.vim pcmk.vim The first one got removed because it didn't work with newer CRM shell syntax anymore; most of the text was highlighted as "Error". 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: 1. Copy pcmk.vim to ~/.vim/syntax/pcmk.vim. 2. Make sure the following is added to your VIM rc file (~/.vimrc or ~/.exrc): syntax on set modeline set modelines=5 3. Copy the pcmk-ftdetect.vim to ~/.vim/ftdetect/ to make files being identified automatically. If you're editing a file directly, just type: :setf pcmk Many thanks to the contributors: Trevor Hemsley Dan Frincu Lars Ellenberg