I was inspired by this (number 2) to make my hard-coded strings ugly.
How can I do this in VIM?
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I was inspired by this (number 2) to make my hard-coded strings ugly.
How can I do this in VIM?
The language-based files are stored in
$VIMRUNTIME/syntax, one.vimfile per language, so that’s where you need to go to change things.For example, my C file is stored in
C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\syntax\c.vimand, if you add the following line near the end, before thelet b:current_syntax = 'c', you’ll get the exact effect you require:For text-based VIM, the ctermfg and ctermbg options need to be used instead, something like:
I haven’t tested these since I only use gvim nowadays.