Loading edge and its options

[dlejay]

This issue is related to sainnhe/gruvbox-material#60

Unless adding packadd! edge before colorscheme edge, the colorscheme becomes officially loaded: echo g:colors_name returns edge but there is no actual colour change.

This is in the doc and I guess there is nothing to do about it.

The issue I'd like to point out is that even with packadd! edge, the options do not get loaded automatically.
I use pack to manage plugin configurations. All options get stored in a file plugin/_pack.vim.
If I want italics I have to manually add let g:edge_enable_italic = 1 in the main vimrc.
Or, I need to type colorscheme edge manually.

Is there anything one can do about this?

[sainnhe]

I guess it's because the color scheme is applied before the configuration options are set.

I'm not sure how you manage your configurations, but you need to make sure the options are set before colorscheme edge.

[dlejay]

I have got to learn more on how Vim sources files.
The .vimrc is loaded fist (that's why it's called init.vim in Neovim).

Conclusion: .vimrc is not the place to set the colorscheme.

Since the colorscheme shall be loaded after loading the package and setting options, have it set in your-vim-directory/after/plugin/settings.vim.