* On 2022 23 Dec 13:03 -0600, Curt wrote:
> On 2022-12-23, Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us> wrote:
> >
> >> Because there is no colorscheme named "white" in Debian's
> >> vim. The colorschemes are in /usr/share/vim/vim82/colors
> >
> > The problem as I see it is that he wants reverse colors in 'vi' but
> > edited '.vimrc'.  Historically those are two different programs but the
> > Debian alternatives eventually points 'vi' to 'vim.basic'.  I would
> > presume that a setting that works in historic 'vi' might not be
> > supported by 'vim.basic'.
> 
> You'd think it would be more a question of the terminal.

That would certainly be another avenue provided the 'vi' program
respects those settings.  I don't think Vim does as it applies the
colorscheme and the background settings or their defaults.

- Nate

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