marcopaganini / mojave-vim-theme

A dark, desert colors inspired theme for vim optimized for 256-color terminals.

Mojave vim theme

A dark, desert inspired vim theme, optimized for 256-color terminals

Mojave is a dark vim theme optimized for 256-color terminals. The theme takes inspiration from the colors of the desert. You can preview the mojave theme here.

This theme is based on the "desert" theme by Hans Fugal [e-mail] and some subsequent modifications by Henry So, Jr. [e-mail]. I've used the original theme for years and introduced a sizable number of modifications to make it run better in 256-color terminals. Personally, I find this theme easy on the eyes and well suited for long sessions of editor use.

Keep in mind that this theme is a constant work in progress. I use editors all day and once in a while I'll stumble on some color combination that I don't quite like. When that happens, I'll update the theme and push a change. Fork this repository if you prefer a theme that will never change, or keep pulling newer versions if you like my fixes and improvements.

Installation

Using Vundle

If you're using Vundle, just add the following to your ~/.vimrc file:

Plugin 'marcopaganini/mojave-vim-theme'
colorscheme mojave

While still inside vim, type: <ESC>:PluginInstall. This should install the theme automatically. Restart vim and the new theme should be the default.

Manual installation

Manual installation is very simple: Download the mojave.vim file from the repository and copy it into your ~/.vim/colors directory. Edit your ~/.vimrc file and add:

colorscheme mojave

Restart vim and everything should work.

A better (but slightly more complicated) option is to git clone this repository somewhere in your disk and create a symlink from the mojave.vim file inside your working repository to ~/.vim/colors.

Caveats

Please note that this theme requires a 256-color capable terminal. Most popular terminals are 256-color capable these days, but if things look odd, your terminal might not have this capability.

If you know your terminal is 256-color capable and things still look ugly/weird, try adding the following to your ~/.vimrc file right before the colorscheme line:

set t_Co=256                                                                                        

This will force vim to use 256 colors.

Note that the theme has been tuned for 256-color terminals (I just can't match the productivity of screen + vim on gvim) but should also work fine for GUI environments.

Feel free to send comments with ideas, suggestions and push requests.

Related links

• I also maintain termschool, a theme based on codeschool, optimized for 256-color terminals.

• If you have some time to spare, consider a trip to a real desert. It can be a life changing experience. If you like these, visit my page at http://www.paganini.net for many other albums of desert trips.