On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 11:11:23AM -0800, Britton Kerin wrote: > I've tried both these commands: > > :highlight Normal ctermbg=black > :highlight Normal ctermbg=0 > > but the background is still ugly grey not true black. > > Hmm after a bit more experimentation I find this does what I want: > > :highlight Normal ctermbg=255 > :highlight Normal ctermbg=255 > > I guess this has to do with the colorscheme torte that I use in .vimrc, > it just seems a bit weird the explicitly setting the color twice to what > one would expect to be white is required to get it to be black :)
Maybe your terminal emulator? (gnome-terminal or konsole) I use urxvt, switched to :colo torte and :syn on, and have a brilliant black bg ... -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
