I'm having trouble reading dark blue on black when I turn on syntax colours in vim.
How do I change some of the default colours or the colours of schemas like:
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First, try :set background=dark, which will cause vim to change to a color scheme that works better for reading on a black background.
If that doesn't work well enough, you can create your own color scheme by following these directions: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Create_a_color_scheme_based_on_another
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You can switch the colorscheme with:
:colo <colorscheme-name>
Tab circles over all available colorschemes:
:colo <Tab>
If you need more schemes get some from http://vimcolorschemetest.googlecode.com/svn/html/index-c.html
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As stefanB says, you can change colorschemes with the :colo[rscheme] command. There are a dozen or so built in schemes, and you can download thousands more from the Vim website.
I recommend installing the Color Sampler Pack - this is a selection of the 100 most popular colorschemes, and in Gvim it adds a menu that will let you switch between them easily.
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Favorite colorschemes (set with :colo[rscheme] as mentioned a few times)
" Dark Background
"colo desert256
"colo xoria256
"colo vylight
"colo slate
" Light Background
"colo summerfruit256
"colo beauty256
"colo phpx
"colo morning
The *256 ones work well when working through putty.
My understanding of the background settings is that it tweaks the colors of your colorscheme so they are more visible on a dark or light background. Although the schemes i use seem to handle this themselves well. See:
:h 'background'
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