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FWIW, modern reworks of the built-in colorschemes are on their way [1]. We plan to add more third-party colorschemes in the future as we streamline the creation

FWIW, modern reworks of the built-in colorschemes are on their way [1]. We plan to add more third-party colorschemes in the future as we streamline the creation and validation process. [1] https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/9795 https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/9795

tempodox 5y ago
Nice. I love that the OP has so many themes to pick from but repeatedly trying 3rd-party color schemes over the years only made me realize how many criteria have to be met for a color scheme to actually work for me in practice (apparently I'm very picky when it comes to that). I have yet to find one that beats vim's `default` theme. The only tweak I made is to not use underline for the current line but a slightly darker background gray and a bold font face.
- SecondTube 5y ago
  Then trying to get the terminal colour scheme to work with the vim one. Another level of annoyances.
- u801e 5y ago
  One problem vim's default color scheme is, with the default configuration, it assumes a light background. This leads to having to deal with dark blue text on black background. I either have to change vim's background setting from dark to light or use a different color scheme like zellner.
- johncoltrane 5y ago
  The default colorscheme is a mixed bag. On one hand, you have a quite reasonable syntax highlighting and highlight groups that mostly use the so-called ANSI colors of the underlying terminal emulator, which are all good things. On the other hand, the highlighting of UI elements is clearly a second thought, a light background is assumed by default, the highlight group are inconsistent, and Vim's own heuristics for determining what features are supported by the underlying terminal emulator are beyond broken. Some of those issues could be easily fixable at a high level if the default colorscheme was actually a colorscheme like blue or desert but it is not so, as we focused our efforts on the latter, we didn't try to fix default. It is on our radar, though.
sigzero 5y ago
When is this going to be pulled in?
- johncoltrane 5y ago
  We would like the remakes to be included in 9.0… for which there is no precise ETA yet.
  - sigzero 5y ago
    Thanks for the answer.

tempodox 5y ago

Nice. I love that the OP has so many themes to pick from but repeatedly trying 3rd-party color schemes over the years only made me realize how many criteria have to be met for a color scheme to actually work for me in practice (apparently I'm very picky when it comes to that). I have yet to find one that beats vim's `default` theme. The only tweak I made is to not use underline for the current line but a slightly darker background gray and a bold font face.

SecondTube 5y ago
Then trying to get the terminal colour scheme to work with the vim one. Another level of annoyances.
u801e 5y ago
One problem vim's default color scheme is, with the default configuration, it assumes a light background. This leads to having to deal with dark blue text on black background. I either have to change vim's background setting from dark to light or use a different color scheme like zellner.
johncoltrane 5y ago
The default colorscheme is a mixed bag. On one hand, you have a quite reasonable syntax highlighting and highlight groups that mostly use the so-called ANSI colors of the underlying terminal emulator, which are all good things. On the other hand, the highlighting of UI elements is clearly a second thought, a light background is assumed by default, the highlight group are inconsistent, and Vim's own heuristics for determining what features are supported by the underlying terminal emulator are beyond broken. Some of those issues could be easily fixable at a high level if the default colorscheme was actually a colorscheme like blue or desert but it is not so, as we focused our efforts on the latter, we didn't try to fix default. It is on our radar, though.

sigzero 5y ago

When is this going to be pulled in?

johncoltrane 5y ago
We would like the remakes to be included in 9.0… for which there is no precise ETA yet.
- sigzero 5y ago
  Thanks for the answer.