Thanx for the nice HOWTO!
By the way, to get syntax highlight on VI you can edit the "filetype.vim" file, located in /usr/share/vim/"vim version"/. Just change the line:
au BufNewFile,BufRead .dir_colors,/etc/DIR_COLORS setf dircolors
to
au BufNewFile,BufRead .dir_colors,.dircolors,/etc/DIR_COLORS setf dircolors
Alternatively you can name the file ".dir_colors" insted of ".dircolors".
VI rules!