highlight group not found: Normal

[yegle]

This error appears when I enable indent-guides by <leader>ig

Error detected while processing function <SNR>22_IndentGuidesToggle..indent_guides#toggle..indent_guides#enable..indent_guides
#init_script_vars..indent_guides#capture_highlight:
line    2:
E411: highlight group not found: Normal
Press ENTER or type command to continue

The file content on which I'm enabling indent-guide

#!/usr/bin/env python

def helloworld():
    print "Hello World!"
    pass

helloworld  

$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Jan  6 2012 15:24:46)
Included patches: 1-393
Modified by Gentoo-7.3.393
Compiled by root@localhost
Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
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+clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments 
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+mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse 
+mouse_xterm +mouse_urxvt +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme +netbeans_intg 
+path_extra -perl +persistent_undo +postscript +printer +profile -python 
-python3 +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent 
-sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary 
+tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title
 -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo 
+vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup +X11 +xfontset -xim 
+xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save 
   system vimrc file: "/etc/vim/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
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[nathanaelkane]

Sounds like you're not using a colorscheme, or your colorscheme isn't defining colours for the Normal highlight group.

Try using a different colorscheme, or manually defining the indent guide colours:

let g:indent_guides_auto_colors = 0
hi IndentGuidesOdd  guibg=red   ctermbg=3
hi IndentGuidesEven guibg=green ctermbg=4

[ImprovedSilence]

I have the same errors. I manually defined my indent guide colors, but I still get the error upon calling :IndentGuidesToggle. The even lines don't highlight. I am using Terminal.app in OSX, with color scheme set through their gui preferences, and and transparency set. I'll play around with my settings to see if I can figure out whats causing the muckup.

[ehsanul]

I had the same problem in Terminal.app/OSX, with the default colorscheme. But if I specify "colorscheme default" in my .vimrc and restart vim, the problem goes away. Worked with other colorschemes too of course.

[g1ra]

adding
colorscheme default
to .vimrc
SOLVED the problem for me.

[LukeGT]

@g1ra, your solution worked, thankyou!

[dalguji]

Adding to g1ra's comment, my solution was as below in .vimrc with OSX Terminal.app (and Novel theme). Hope this helps anyone with the same issue.

colorscheme default
Plugin 'nathanaelkane/vim-indent-guides'
let g:indent_guides_enable_on_vim_startup = 1 
let g:indent_guides_auto_colors = 0 
let g:indent_guides_guide_size = 1 
autocmd VimEnter,Colorscheme * :hi IndentGuidesOdd guibg=darkgrey ctermbg=252
autocmd VimEnter,Colorscheme * :hi IndentGuidesEven guibg=darkgrey ctermbg=251