Hi, Geue, Stephan wrote: > > Hello, I would like to change the VIM colors, i.e. the C/C++ mapping of > VIM colors to Xterm colors. First, I changed a few lines within > /etc/X11/app-defaults/Xterm-color but this also changed the color scheme > of the shell which is not my intention - and in some cases not > acceptable at all. I identified a file that might be of relevance for > that problem: /opt/vim/share/vim/vim70/syntax/cpp.vim. But I do neither > know the syntax of that file nor if changing it is a solution. Can you > tell me, which file has to be modified and where the doc files > describing the necessary procedure are located? Thank you very much in > advance!
the file syntax/cpp.vim defines the different syntax elements of C++. You should not change this file. The right way to change VIM's colors is to use a different color scheme. There are already 17 color schemes supplied with VIM. You can find them in the $VIMRUNTIME/colors directory. To use a different color scheme just enter, e.g, :colorscheme morning On www.vim.org you can find even more color schemes in the scripts section. Just go to http://www.vim.org/search.php, select "color scheme" in the "type" box below "Search for Scripts" and press the Search button. If you find a scheme you like you save it to your local ~/.vim/colors directory. Regards, Jürgen -- Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. (Calvin)
