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Setting the Vim background colors

When I try to change the background colors in .vimrc or directly in Vim using the command: 

set background=dark

... it doesn't affect my background at all. Neither does the light option. However, it looks okay when I run gvim.

Is there a way to change the background in Vim without changing my Konsole settings?

EDIT Okay, there is a difference between guifg/guibg and ctermfg/ctermbg. While the GUI accepts lots of different color combinations, cterm allows only few standard ones.

Solution

  • As vim's own help on set background says, "Setting this option does not change the background color, it tells Vim what the background color looks like. For changing the background color, see |:hi-normal|."

    For example

    :highlight Normal ctermfg=grey ctermbg=darkblue

    will write in white on blue on your color terminal.