VIM Color scheme not loading by default

Question

When I do

:colorscheme vilight 

it loads the color scheme fine.

So I added

colorscheme vilight

to my .vimrc but its not loading it on start. Am I missing something?

Also in my config

set background=dark 
syntax on
colorscheme vilight 
set lines=60 columns=200

Solution 1

Are you using gvim? It is possible that your .gvimrc or the system's gvimrc file is overriding the colorscheme selection from your .vimrc.

Solution 2

Sometimes it helps to put the colorscheme at the end of the _gvimrc .gvimrc file which is read (after SYNTAX ON). Also be sure that HOME is read. Sometimes gvim still reads from the installation path.

Solution 3

For Macvim, the solution would be add the following into your .vimrc:

let macvim_skip_colorscheme=1

Then it will respect your choice in .vimrc.

Solution 4

I have the same problem! MacVim does not load my colorscheme on start. However, vim run from the command line does. Is this a MacVim issue then?

I cleared my .vimrc and just left the colorscheme lines and it still does not work.

set background=dark
colorscheme solarized
syntax on

However, doing

:set background=dark
:colorscheme solarized

after startup works.

UPDATE: I found out that MacVim loads both .vimrc and .gvimrc and in my case, stuff in .gvimrc was the problem.

Solution 5

Do you have syntax on in your .vimrc?

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Comments

[kush]

yep syntax on colorscheme vilight

[Benjamin Oakes]

Hrm... I just tried your config on my machine (not with vilight, but a colorscheme I have installed) and it works. You have vilight.vim in $HOME/.vim/colors/, correct?

[ericbn]

I had to use this when the theme was not properly setting the g:colors_name value properly. Fixing this in the theme solved the issue.

[Nikhil CSB]

I'm using MacVim, but I'm facing the same issue. I could not find a .gvimrc in my home directory. Could you help me?

[tavor999]

Really odd but this finally fixed issue on my mac. Didn't work: set background=dark Did work: set background=light Gotta get my peachpuff colorscheme!