First off, thank you, guys, for your replies. Let's say I'm trying to install George Dahn's moria color scheme (http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1464), now responding to your comments:
1) ':echo $HOME' gives me '/home/rscoelho' 2) The permissions on the 'colors' directory and on the color scheme files are both ok, and here's the output of ':version': VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Mar 19 2009 15:27:51) Included patches: 1-79 Compiled by [email protected] Huge version with GTK2-GNOME GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): +arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent +clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments +cryptv +cscope +cursorshape +dialog_con_gui +diff +digraphs +dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse +mouseshape +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang - mzscheme +netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra +perl +postscript +printer +profile +python +quickfix +reltime +rightleft +ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white +tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title +toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup +X11 -xfontset +xim +xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc" user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc" user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc" system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc" user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc" system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim" fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim" Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK - D_REENTRANT -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/ include/a tk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/ pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/directfb -I/usr/ include/li bpng12 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include - DORBIT2=1 -pthread -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/include/libgnomeui-2.0 -I/usr/ include/liba rt-2.0 -I/usr/include/gconf/2 -I/usr/include/gnome-keyring-1 -I/usr/ include/libgnome-2.0 -I/usr/include/libbonoboui-2.0 -I/usr/include/ libgnome canvas-2.0 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/include/gnome-vfs-2.0 -I/usr/ lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/include -I/usr/include/orbit-2.0 -I/usr/include/ dbus-1. 0 -I/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/ glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/libbonobo-2.0 -I/usr/include/bonobo- activation -2.0 -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/ gail-1.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/lib/ gtk-2.0 /include -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/ directfb -I/usr/include/libpng12 -Wall -g -O2 -D_REENTRANT - D_GNU_S OURCE -DDEBIAN -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE - D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/lib/perl/5.10/CORE -I/usr/include/ python2.6 -pthread - I/usr/include/tcl8.4 -D_REENTRANT=1 -D_THREAD_SAFE=1 - D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE=1 -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i486-linux Linking: gcc -L. -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -rdynamic -Wl,-export- dynamic -Wl,-E -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 - latk-1 .0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lcairo - lpango-1.0 -lfreetype -lfontconfig -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 - lglib-2. 0 -lgnomeui-2 -lbonoboui-2 -lgnomevfs-2 -lgnomecanvas-2 -lgnome-2 - lpopt -lbonobo-2 -lbonobo-activation -lORBit-2 -lart_lgpl_2 -lgtk- x11-2. 0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 - lpangocairo-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lcairo -lpango-1.0 -lfreetype -lfontconfig - lgconf-2 -lgt hread-2.0 -lrt -lgmodule-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lXt -lncurses -lselinux -lacl -lgpm -Wl,-E -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/perl/5.10/ CO RE -lperl -L/usr/lib/python2.6/config -lpython2.6 -L/usr/lib -lz - lutil -Xlinker -export-dynamic -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -L/usr/ lib -l tcl8.4 -lieee -lruby1.8 -lm 3) Yes, ':echo has("syntax")' returns 1, and here's my $HOME/.vimrc file: set incsearch set ts=3 set shiftwidth=3 set number set nocompatible set backspace=indent,eol,start set autoindent set cursorline set hlsearch set history=50 set ruler set showcmd syntax on filetype plugin indent on 4) After opening Vim (more precisely, non-GUI Vim), I type ":colorscheme moria", then I hit enter, and, again, nothing changes 5) In gVim, the weirdest thing is happening: new color schemes work only if I type ':colorscheme <foo>' (where <foo> is one of the color schemes that come with Vim) AND then ':colorscheme <new_color_scheme>' --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
