Changing the colors in VIM

[der.hans]

Am 05. Jul, 2001 schwäzte Chris Cowan so:

> Does anyone know how to change the default colors for syntax highlighting in 
> VIM? 
> 
> The defaults are horrible pastels and there is no way I'm working in those 
> all day...

Haven't tried to change individual colors, but when using a black background
I find that inserting a "set background=dark" after the "syntax on" config
statement works wonders.

I use vim for coding and email.

ciao,

der.hans
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