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I have just started using Vim in a terminal (PuTTY or MinTTY), after always using gVim. However, when using syntax highlighting, rather than the actual text colour changing appropriately, its background is changed to whatever colour — and it looks horrible!
I’ve set my terminal to use 256 colours and downloaded a 256 colour colour scheme. I checked that the ctermfg and ctermbg settings are as I expect, but I still get this problem… Is this a Vim or a terminal configuration issue?
Many color schemes have features that are only supported in gvim/macvim. Some color schemes such as solarized, can be configured to support 256 color terminals using a setting such as
let g:solarized_termcolors=256. For other color schemes, look at plugins like this one: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1809 and this one: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2390