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Old 08-06-2005, 12:33 AM   #1
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"HOWTO Change Colour of Comments in VIM editor"


Hi,
Can neone tell me how to change the colour of COMMENTS in VIM editor.
Thanx in Anticipation.
 
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Old 08-06-2005, 01:22 AM   #2
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I think this depends on the type of file you are editing. Vim supports syntax highlighting and comes with support for a lot of languages. There are individual syntax files for each language or type of file and you can set colors in them. I suggest googling for vim and syntax color
 
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Just type this vim command in the editor :highlight Comment ctermfg=green/blue/yellow etc.
 
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Old 04-15-2013, 08:36 AM   #4
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Is it possible when you have typed this command to keep it that way ?
When I close the vim editor, open it again, the comment color is dark Blue again and it's not good readable with a black backscreen.
 
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You need to edit the hidden file '.vimrc' in your home dir.
Also, there are many 'themes' you can use that have different colour combos https://code.google.com/p/vimcolorschemetest/
 
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Old 04-16-2013, 12:06 AM   #6
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Is it possible when you have typed this command to keep it that way ?
When I close the vim editor, open it again, the comment color is dark Blue again and it's not good readable with a black backscreen.
type in the command in your local vimrc file (~/.vimrc). If no vimrc is present in your home directory, copy the global file /etc/vim/vimrc to your home directory as .vimrc and edit it.
 
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Old 04-16-2013, 08:18 AM   #7
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You can find a good video tutorial about Vim colorschemes here: http://vimcasts.org/episodes/creatin...hemes-for-vim/
 
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Old 07-16-2013, 01:08 AM   #8
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vim 5 minute tutorial, learn vi/vim is to know what the letters stand for
y(ank) - copy
d(elete) - cuta
c(hange) - replace
p(aste) - put from buffer after cursor
o(pen) - start a new line
i(nsert) - insert before current character
a(ppend) - insert after current character
w(ord) - moves to beginning of next word
b(ack) - moves to beginning of current word or prior word
e(nd) - moves to end of current word or next word
f(ind) - moves to a character on the current line
movement keys you just need to learn: h,j,k,l
^ - beginning of text on a line
$ - end of text on a line
0 - first position on line

most commands can be prefaced with numeric modifiers.
2w - means move 2 words
5h - means move 5 characters to the left
3k - means move 3 lines up
3fs - means move to the 3rd letter s folling the cursor

..........................

and many more....
 
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The short answer is to have a line like ...
Code:
hi Comment    cterm=NONE   ctermfg=Black        ctermbg=NONE
... in your .vimrc

The best values to use (to the right of the = signs) depend on your terminal's capabilities and your preferences.

That will only work if you are using a language for which vim has a syntax file to enable it to identify comments.

If you want to experiment ...
  1. Some cterm values: NONE, bold, italic, underline.
  2. Some ctermfg values: Black, Blue, Brown, Cyan, Gray, Green, Magenta, Red, White, Yellow, DarkBlue, DarkCyan, DarkGreen, DarkMagenta, DarkRed, DarkYellow, LightBlue, LightGreen, LightGrey, LightMagenta, LightRed (some of these may be identical to others in your terminal).
  3. ctermbg colour choice is the same as for ctermfg.
If you want to find more, start vim without naming a file to load then:
  • Enter command :help hi for information about possible hi (highlight) strings.
  • Enter command :so $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/hitest.vim to show current highlights and their settings. The existing "comment" is in the "Syntax highlighting groups" section.
tput colors will show the number of colours the terminal can display.

In gvim, Edit -> "Color Scheme" can be used to inspect the available colour schemes.

Browsing the /usr/share/vim/vim*/colors/* files may be helpful.
 
  


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