How do you get Separate Color-schemes for Gvim and Vim?

I have used vim for a while now, but after my friend introduced me to gvim, I'm trying to use it now. I have basic vimrc settings of :

set guifont=Monaco:h17
colorscheme zellner
set number
syntax on

I noticed that the settings were applied to my gvim. I want a different colorscheme for gvim and vim as I usually open the files I'll read quickly with vim or vi, and use gvim as my main code editor.

I heard people talk about the .gvimrc file, but I don't have it where my .bashrc, .zshrc, and .vimrc are.

How do I have separate colorschemes for gvim and vim?

Solution

Vim doesn't create either ~/.vimrc or ~/.gvimrc for you so you have to create them on your own.

You can either create the missing file in your shell, then edit in Vim:

$ touch ~/.gvimrc
$ vim ~/.gvimrc
<some editing>
:wq

or do everything from Vim:

:e ~/.gvimrc
<some editing>
:wq

Note: ~/.vimrc is still sourced whether you have a ~/.gvimrc or not so your gvimrc can be kept lightweight by only having GUI-specific options and overrides. In your case:

" ~/.vimrc
colorscheme zellner
set number
syntax on

" ~/.gvimrc
set guifont=Monaco:h17
colorscheme slate