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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T06:55:53+00:00 2026-05-14T06:55:53+00:00

When I do :colorscheme vilight it loads the color scheme fine. So I added

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When I do

:colorscheme vilight 

it loads the color scheme fine.

So I added

colorscheme vilight

to my .vimrc but its not loading it on start. Am I missing something?

Also in my config

set background=dark 
syntax on
colorscheme vilight 
set lines=60 columns=200
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    2026-05-14T06:55:54+00:00Added an answer on May 14, 2026 at 6:55 am

    Are you using gvim? It is possible that your .gvimrc or the system’s gvimrc file is overriding the colorscheme selection from your .vimrc.

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