Let’s take a look of the default vim color scheme first, using /etc/vimrc
as example.
We can see that a dim background with a dark color wording can make reading quite difficult sometimes, luckily there are seventeen vim color schemes that we can choose from to make our life easier. Those config files are located at /usr/share/vim/vim74/colors
.
There are two location in the system where you can set/change the color scheme you want. To change globally, meaning that the change will apply to all users in the system, /etc/vimrc
is the file to modified. For only certain user’s color scheme, for example john, then /home/john/.vimrc
is the file you modify. For simplicity, I am just going to go globally.
All you have to do is add colorscheme choiceofcolor
or colo choiceofcolor
at the bottom of the file. For example, our first choice, blue.
Then vim /etc/vimrc
again to see the change of color and wow.. blue seem not like a good choice!
So, that’s it! Now you just have to try another sixteen times, which is exactly what I did… To save your time, I have all the result below so you can just look and pick your favorite one! Use the picked color scheme to try on more files is recommended.
darkblue
default
delek
desert
elflord
evening
koehler
morning
murphy
pablo
peachpuff
ron
shine
slate
torte
zellner
Alright! That’s preview for all the color schemes. I guess I am going to go with koehler
for now and if I can’t get used to it, then will change to some other scheme. So what’s your choice?
REFERENCES:
How to set and use a vim color scheme