After asking that question(s), I had a moment to day dream. A thought suddenly jumped into my head!! I think I answered my own question when I said, "...source that color scheme file...". I JUST tried it and it really does appear to be just that simple!! I put a copy of an existing color file (shine.vim) up on a share area, renamed it something unique (rrshine.vim), then just did a :source <path>/rrshine.vim and it switched my color scheme to "shine"!! I did a :source back to my /usr/share/vim/vim74/delek.vim and it set the scheme back to delek!!
So, it really was that simple and I was just brain farting on it!! Thanks, On Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 10:01:41 AM UTC-7, nakore wrote: > > All, > > Is there a way to use a /colors/ or /syntax/ file out of some directory > other than $VIMRUNTIME? > > At work, I work on a plethora of Linux servers (as an Oracle DBA) and do > not have Linux SA (root) access. I can "see" the files in $VIMRUNTIME but > I cannot edit or add at all. > > I'd like to be able to create some custom color.vim and syntax.vim > files/schemes for my own use (not using those filenames, of course). > > Ideally, what I'd like to do is: > > 1. Write a custom color scheme. > 2. Place it on a common share (common to all the Linux servers) and > not have to put it on every, single, server. > 3. Be able to use the color scheme: > 1. Either include/call/source that color scheme file(s) in my > common .vimrc file? > 2. Or, at least, be able to manually call that color scheme if/when > I need/want it? > 4. And, I'd like to be able to do that same sort of thing with syntax > file(s)? > > Is that possible without getting access to (in our case) > /usr/share/vim/vim74/...? > > Thanks!! > > nakore > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/b6aa3efe-d6d6-48fc-a1e4-edba96b93941%40googlegroups.com.
