April 11, 2023

Change vim color scheme

You can change vim color scheme to your liking.

To display the name of the color scheme currently loaded run:

:colo

The name of the color scheme should be displayed at the bottom of your screen.

To display all color schemes run:

:colo [spacebar] [Crtl+D]

or flick through them all by running:

:colo [spacebar] [tab]

To load a color scheme run:

:colo [name]

for example :colo darkblue.

You can always learn about vim by running :h keyword, for example:

:h color

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