On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:42:07 -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: > > In that case, you need to put "set background=3Ddark" in your vimrc to > correct the problem. The thing is, vim has no way of knowing whether > your terminal (or xterm) has a white or black background. Since xterm > and gvim default to a white background, vim defaults to assuming you > have a white background. Thus the colors used for highlighting are > somewhat dark, to contrast with the white background. Setting > 'bg=3Ddark' in vim doesn't change your background, but rather tells vim > that your background is dark so that it will use lighter colors which > contrast with the dark background (but are impossible to read on a > white background). > > (type ":help background" in vim) >
I used to have that set, and I distinctly remember having a reason to dislike it -- maybe how gvim handled it? Anyway, I have un-commented that line and it seems to be closer to what I want than the defaults, so whatever the original reason was, I guess I'll ignore it till it bites me. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
