" This .vimrc file should be placed in your home directory " The Terminal app supports (at least) 16 colors " So you can have the eight dark colors and the eight light colors " the plain colors, using these settings, are the same as the light ones " NOTE: You will need to replace ^[ with a raw Escape character, which you " can type by typing Ctrl-V and then (after releaseing Ctrl-V) the Escape key. set tabstop=4 if has("terminfo") set t_Co=16 set t_AB=[%?%p1%{8}%<%t%p1%{40}%+%e%p1%{92}%+%;%dm set t_AF=[%?%p1%{8}%<%t%p1%{30}%+%e%p1%{82}%+%;%dm else set t_Co=16 set t_Sf=[3%dm set t_Sb=[4%dm endif syntax on " Everything from here on down is optional " These colors are examples of what is possible " type :help syntax " or :help color within vim for more info " and try opening the file " share/vim/vim61/syntax/colortest.vim " Note: where share is depends on where/how you installed vim highlight Comment ctermfg=DarkGreen highlight Constant ctermfg=DarkMagenta highlight Character ctermfg=DarkRed highlight Special ctermfg=DarkBlue highlight Identifier ctermfg=DarkCyan highlight Statement ctermfg=DarkBlue highlight PreProc ctermfg=DarkBlue highlight Type ctermfg=DarkBlue highlight Number ctermfg=DarkBlue highlight Delimiter ctermfg=DarkBlue highlight Error ctermfg=Black highlight Todo ctermfg=DarkBlue highlight WarningMsg term=NONE ctermfg=Black ctermbg=NONE highlight ErrorMsg term=NONE ctermfg=DarkRed ctermbg=NONE " These settings only affect the X11 GUI version (which is different " than the fully Carbonized version at homepage.mac.com/fisherbb/ highlight Comment guifg=Green gui=NONE highlight Constant guifg=Magenta gui=NONE highlight Character guifg=Red gui=NONE highlight Special guifg=Blue gui=NONE highlight Identifier guifg=DarkCyan gui=NONE highlight Statement guifg=DarkGreen gui=NONE highlight PreProc guifg=Purple gui=NONE highlight Type guifg=DarkGreen gui=NONE "highlight Normal guibg=#E0F2FF gui=NONE highlight Number guifg=Blue gui=NONE "highlight Cursor guifg=NONE guibg=Green "highlight Cursor guifg=bg guibg=fg highlight Delimiter guifg=blue gui=NONE "highlight NonText guibg=lightgray gui=NONE "highlight Error guifg=White guibg=Red gui=NONE highlight Error guifg=NONE guibg=NONE gui=NONE highlight Todo guifg=Blue guibg=Yellow gui=NONE "#### end color settings #############