Difference between gVim and terminal vim

[jriff]

The difference is really profound. gVim looks great but I like terminal Vim and that looks not-do-good. Isn't it possible to get at least the bgcolor a little closer to the gVim one?

[raphamorim]

Sorry for the delay @jriff.

I confess that I am not an expert in vim, but i'm working now in this issue. Any news, I return here :)

[jriff]

Sounds great - do get back to me if I can help.

[jriff]

Here is the difference on my machine (OS X 10.9, stock Terminal app).

[raphamorim]

Yep, same problem here @jriff .

I'm having difficulty with this. If you can help me, would be very grateful. I was reading about this subject, and found some good references:

• Making Vim Pretty With Custom Colors
• Vim versus GUI Vim

I really want to fix these colors in VIM CLI

[raphamorim]

I kept thinking, may be beneficial to create a version of the theme just for VIM CLI. What do you think @jriff ?

[jriff]

I think it will possible to get it to work by adjusting the combined one... I found this:

http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Xterm256_color_names_for_console_Vim
Look at the script that generates a list of all 256 colors.

Starting with the background color I can only match it to the gui version by using hi Normal ctermbg=0 and using the Lucario terminal theme. Maybe that will be a requirement for getting the correct bgcolor.

When changing the bgcolor to the correct one I get this:

It's not that far off.

[raphamorim]

Whoa, so much better.

These adjustments, you can send a Pull Request later?