How do you change the default colorscheme in gvim?

Question

In GVIM for Windows I know you are supposed to be able to add something to the $VIM/_vimrc file in order to customize the start up and I have managed how to figure out a few neat tricks with that but I can't figure out how to change the default color settings. Right now every time I start vim, I have to type

:color pablo

before I can do any work (black on white bothers me when coding in anything but Java). I feel like this is 12 extra keystrokes I shouldn't have to be making every time I start vim. Is there a way I can have vim start using this setting by default?

Solution 1

Add

colorscheme pablo

to your _vimrc file.

Solution 2

nagnatron's answer is right, but if you need a little more information ...

"A Byte of Vim" is a book which aims to help you to learn how to use the Vim editor, even if all you know is how to use the computer keyboard.

Comments

[Dante]

In Ubuntu make a file with the name .vimrc in your Home directory if it doesn't exist, add colorscheme pablo in it and save it. Now restart GVim. For Windows put this file with the name _gvimrc in C:/Documents and Settings/<your-username>. See eckes answer to this question.

[sean christe]

Generally it is best to add to an existing answer as a comment rahter than as a separate answer.

[faceless1_14]

Thanks for responding so quickly. I couldn't find it anywhere in the help documents but maybe I wasn't looking hard enough this is a huge burden of my OCD mind.

[faceless1_14]

Wow this is one of the most useful links I've seen in a while thanks.