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Asked: June 2, 20262026-06-02T11:10:10+00:00 2026-06-02T11:10:10+00:00

I am trying to install a custom colorscheme for vim First I created the

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I am trying to install a custom colorscheme for vim

First I created the folders required

mkdir -p ~/.vim/colors
cp wombat.vim ~/.vim/colors “wombat.vim being a colorscheme

Then I added

colorscheme wombat.vim

to .vimrc

Yet when I try load a vim file after the changes, I get message “E185: Cannot find color scheme wombat.vim”.

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    2026-06-02T11:10:12+00:00Added an answer on June 2, 2026 at 11:10 am

    you need to place your colorscheme files in:

    ~/.vim/colors

    or:

    $HOME/.vim/colors

    for Vim to find them.

    That’s on OS X & Linux. I don’t have a Windows box to test against.

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