Reputation: 918
Vim Visual Mode preserve syntax highlight of selected text
How do I preserve language-specific syntax highlighting in vim visual mode? I would like to change only the background and preserve the text original color when selecting text for editing (e.g. copy/paste). I also would like to do this in vim diff color scheme.
I have played with highlight Visual command but it always ends up overwriting the text syntax highlighting.
I am using vim version 8.1 (2018 May 18) and Amix .vimrc. His configuration setup contains a my_configs.vim file in which I am trying to add my modifications (e.g., hi Visual).
Upvotes: 1
Views: 935
Answers (2)
Reputation: 918
What I was looking for is:
hi! Visual cterm=none ctermfg=none ctermbg=242
It was pretty foolish of my part, but I was missing the ctermfg=none part to overwrite (I believe) any configuration set by Amix vim setup. For his setup, if you don't set this property the text color will change in visual mode. I believe you could use gui, guibg and guifg analogously.
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 195129
give this a try:
hi! Visual term=reverse ctermbg=242 guibg=DarkGrey
An advice: do NOT use any "vim distributions" or "Ultimate vimrcs"
Upvotes: 3
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