On 2022-12-23, Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us> wrote: > >> > >> > The problem as I see it is that he wants reverse colors in 'vi' but >> > edited '.vimrc'. Historically those are two different programs but the >> > Debian alternatives eventually points 'vi' to 'vim.basic'. I would >> > presume that a setting that works in historic 'vi' might not be >> > supported by 'vim.basic'. >>=20 >> You'd think it would be more a question of the terminal. > > That would certainly be another avenue provided the 'vi' program > respects those settings. I don't think Vim does as it applies the > colorscheme and the background settings or their defaults.
Inside vim: :highlight Normal ctermfg=black ctermbg=white The background's more light gray than white, though (but if it were white, you wouldn't be able to see the white cursor). So now we need a black cursor, maybe (left as an exercise). > - Nate >
