Syntax highlighting in vim

I'm having tro开发者_开发知识库uble reading dark blue on black when I turn on syntax colours in vim.

How do I change some of the default colours or the colours of schemas like:

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1571

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First, try :set background=dark, which will cause vim to change to a color scheme that works better for reading on a black background.

If that doesn't work well enough, you can create your own color scheme by following these directions: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Create_a_color_scheme_based_on_another

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You can switch the colorscheme with:

:colo <colorscheme-name>

Tab circles over all available colorschemes:

:colo <Tab>

If you need more schemes get some from http://vimcolorschemetest.googlecode.com/svn/html/index-c.html

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As stefanB says, you can change colorschemes with the :colo[rscheme] command. There are a dozen or so built in schemes, and you can download thousands more from the Vim website.

I recommend installing the Color Sampler Pack - this is a selection of the 100 most popular colorschemes, and in Gvim it adds a menu that will let you switch between them easily.

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Favorite colorschemes (set with :colo[rscheme] as mentioned a few times)

" Dark Background
"colo desert256
"colo xoria256 "colo vylight
"colo slate

" Light Background
"colo summerfruit256
"colo beauty256 "colo phpx
"colo morning

The *256 ones work well when working through putty.

My understanding of the background settings is that it tweaks the colors of your colorscheme so they are more visible on a dark or light background. Although the schemes i use seem to handle this themselves well. See:

:h 'background'

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That dark blue color is hard to see for sure. I don't know what environment you're working in, but I normally tweak the color settings in my console or putty so that it shows up better. This will protect you from other programs that want to use that color too.

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I'm not sure if this answers your question, but there are several ways to get different color schemes. My favorite (and the only one I'm really familiar with) is

:set bg=dark

This makes most code easier to read.