Ubuntu terminal and colors

[Noam Rathaus]

Hi Tzafrir,

Both dark and light are good for something and bad for something else

for example one shows differences well, while shows missing sections badly



On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir at cohens.org.il> wrote:
> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:59:05AM +0300, Noam Rathaus wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I used to use vimdiff quite a lot, but it has become impossible to use with
>> Ubuntu's terminal (gnome I presume) color selection.
>>
>> The colors used by the gnome terminal simply make it impossible to compare
>> (too dark, or too light). I tried several profile colors offered, but it aint
>> doing it ...
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> First-off, have you tried toggling 'background' (setting it to either
> 'light' or 'dark')?
>
> Apart from that, you can try playing with color schemes.
>
> I now have:
>
> syntax on
> colorscheme delek


It has no delek :) u sure its not something you built?


> if &diff
>        syntax off
>        colorscheme evening
> endif

evening looks pretty good


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