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DavidVII
DavidVII

Reputation: 2283

Changing background colors

Okay, I'm rather new to vim. I couldn't figure out how to change background colors. I'm editing my vimrc file to set these colors, but I couldn't find anything for background colors.

I'm using a color scheme and I just need to know how I could override it or what is to look for so I can change it in my colors/theme.vim file. I need to change two background colors. I point to them in the image attached.

I need to change these two colors

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3856

Answers (2)

DavidVII
DavidVII

Reputation: 2283

As it turns out the big blue section is controlled by highlight NonText

I added my .vimrc file to this:

highlight NonText ctermfg=59 ctermbg=0 cterm=NONE guifg=#414e58 guibg=#232c31 gui=NONE

and that gave me exactly what I wanted.

Upvotes: 3

How Chen
How Chen

Reputation: 1370

VIM has some color scheme, which store under /usr/share/vim/vimcurrent/colors, and it named as desert.vim for example.

you can simply add one line in your vimrc file, which should be locate in your $HOME, if there is NOT, you can create one, and add:

colorscheme desert

also some command you can use to set the background color like:

set background=light

or

set background=dark

I think for SSH, light is better:) If you use X windows, I suggest to use bensday.vim, it can be download from web

Upvotes: 0

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