[gentoo-user] [OT] Colors/styles in vim

[Chris Lieb]

I am new to vim and am encountering an annoying issue: certain things
that I type in get highlighted red, for no apparent reason.  For
example, if I create a file test.txt and insert the following text:

"prog"

the prog is given a red background.  Even if I use ':syntax off', it is
still red.

What is causing this to happen?  This makes it very hard to edit code
since strings are colored red, causing a red-on-red issue where you
can't read the text at all.

Thanks,
Chris