romainl / vim-malotru

A relatively comfortable Vim colorscheme primarily designed for 16color terminal emulators

Malotru

A relatively comfortable Vim colorscheme primarily designed for 16color terminal emulators.

Goals

• Be comfortable in 16c xterm.
• Be even more comfortable in 256c or GUI via small color tweaks.
• Be colorblind-friendly.
• Have the same colors in 256c and GUI.
• Keep the template simple.

Someone's vimrc in 256c

Instructions

1. Install this the same way you installed your other plugins.

   See :help package if you are beginning with Vim plugins.

2. Add the line below to your vimrc:

   colorscheme malotru
   

Tips

If you want to see your terminal emulator's background through Vim, add the following snippet to your vimrc before colorscheme malotru:

augroup TransparentMalotru
    autocmd!
    autocmd ColorScheme malotru hi Normal ctermbg=NONE | hi EndOfBuffer ctermbg=NONE | hi NonText ctermbg=NONE
augroup END

See this gist for the rationale.

FAQ

• Rochant or Hergé?

  Rochant.