On 30.09.12 11:12, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Where in the fine manual is it mentioned how to change the colour of > the cursor and the colour of the matching parenthesis / bracket for > all file types? I have tried ":h cursor color" and several other > phrases, the only relevant one that I found it "h color" which did not > lead me to the answer. I have tried "highlight MatchParen cterm=bold > ctermfg=red ctermbg=blue" but this did not change the colour of the > matching parenthesis or bracket.
For the cursor, I just set the initial colour in the xterm: col='-fg yellow -bg darkslategrey -cr red' # Colours /usr/bin/xterm $col # and lots more options. In Vim, I then only change the cursor colour to indicate whether we're in insert mode or not, without having to look down at the status bar: " Cursor Appearance: (Insert_Mode == Green, Normal_Mode == Red) if &term =~ "xterm" let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]12;green\x7" let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]12;red\x7" endif But the method could be used in other contexts, I guess. As regards MatchParen colouring, I've only made sure that is turned off, since it drove me nuts when I tried it. The bouncing cursor is more than enough. Erik -- Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs a step at a time. - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php