Note that if you are using Vim over SSH or in certain color-limited terminals you may need to tell Vim to use 256 color mode in order to have the color schemes display with greater accuracy by using the command:set tCo=256.
me: Hi everyone, my name is Franco and I'm addicted to colorschemes
everyone else:Hi Franco
one stop shop for vim colorschemes.
this was [originally] harvested from vim.org. only colorschemes downloaded in a single
.vim
file are included.for hacking on vim.org harvesting see the branch prep.
Policy
- honor system is in effect!
- new schemes are welcome!
- upstream updates are accepted!
- non-upstream updates are accepted as derivitive schemes: pick a new filename; cite the original!
- housekeeping updates are accepted too!
Installation
Basic install - very simple (*nix or cygwin install)
if you use vim + pathogen
if you use vim + vundle
if you aren't so clever just get all the files in
colors/*.vim
into~/.vim/colors
Using
To change the colorscheme of Vim, add to your
.vimrc
:For example, to change the color scheme to wombat:
To change to Molokai:
Inside Vim, you use:
Previewing colorschemes
There are quite a few colorschemes in this. To preview them on your live code inside of Vim, checkout this page from the vim wikia and this repo for easy installation.
Something missing? Fork!
fork this repo; send apull request!; I'll take it!
I'm a slave to aesthetics. If you are too, I hope this helps.