Re: colorscheme in vi

[Curt <curty@free.fr>]

On 2022-12-23, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> wrote:
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>> >
>> > 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'.
>>=20
>> 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.

Inside vim:

 :highlight Normal ctermfg=black ctermbg=white

The background's more light gray than white, though (but if it were
white, you wouldn't be able to see the white cursor).

So now we need a black cursor, maybe (left as an exercise).

> - Nate
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