[TriLUG] Colors in VI (VIM)

[Wayne Unruh]

Hi,

I don't think color schemes in vi, vim or gvim is simple.  I looked on the 
web and through the help pages and I finally found it on the help pages.

look at the file /usr/share/vim/vim61/doc/usr_06.txt section 06.04 and it 
will help you out alot.

Wayne







>From: Jaimie Livingston <Jaimie.Livingston at haht.com>
>Reply-To: trilug at trilug.org
>To: "'trilug at trilug.org'" <trilug at trilug.org>
>Subject: [TriLUG] Colors in VI (VIM)
>Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 19:20:55 -0400
>
>OK. Probably a simple answer, but I'm tired and tired of looking at man and
>info pages.
>
>When I run vi/vim on a Cygwin SSH terminal, say to look at named zone files
>or a shell script, vi will often use dark colors (dark blue, dark burgundy,
>dark green) on a black background. Needless to say, this is hard to read 
>for
>any length of time.
>
>What do I need to change to get vi to use a more reasonable palette of 
>light
>text colors on a black background?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jaimie


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