What is your favorite colorscheme FOR PROGRAMMING in Vim? [closed]

Question

I think this is a relevant question for programmers and I'd like to hear other people's answers because some syntax highlighting color schemes are better on the eyes than others. This can affect productivity as much as ergonomic keyboards or anything else on here. It's about comfort and productivity. So, I'm curious.

Do you find some color schemes better adapted for some languages over others? At the other end of the spectrum, I think coding without syntax highlight is awful and slow going. Does anyone work better like this?

Answer 1

Wombat is another nice dark theme.

Link to original blog post of the person who created Wombat.

The font in the screenshot is called Consolas. You can download it here.

Answer 2

Zenburn

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Answer 3

I can't believe nobody mentioned desert, the best native dark theme.

:colorscheme desert

Answer 4

Ask Reddit: Help me find a VIM Color Scheme, has a great discussion on VIM color schemes and lists many good options.

Also, this website, VIM Color Schemes, has 391 VIM Color Schemes available with screenshots. It is broken up into language catagories if you want to see the screenshots:

• C
• HTML
• Java
• LateX
• Perl

Answer 5

My personal favorite is InkPot. Very easy on the eyes

I even took the time to port InkPot to Visual Studio. Here's a link to the .vssettings file you can import in order to get it.

http://blogs.msdn.com/jaredpar/archive/2008/06/02/inkpot-color-scheme.aspx

Answer 6

I'm a big fan of slate. The black background is not pitch black, and the colors are a bit muted. I find for long coding sessions it's really easy on the eyes. - Some Redditor

Answer 7

My #1 pick is Inkpot, but this one has some similar qualities. It would likely be my second choice:

xoria256

Answer 8

I usually cycle through many colorschemes each day, but Jellybeans seems to be the one I use the most. It's dark with fairly high contrast and not too crazy colors.

Answer 9

This is a tough one because colours are so subjective. One person's comfortable scheme is going to look like an angry fruit salad to somebody else. There's just no right answer.

Answer 10

Evening is a nice color scheme and should be built into VIM.

Type in:

:colorscheme evening

Answer 11

You fools, it's all about the Elflord

Answer 12

I like "darkblue", and it ships with the default distribution, so I never need to chase it down.

:colorscheme darkblue

Answer 13

I'm fine with "default".

Answer 14

There is an excellent webtool that showcases various colorschemes for Vim for different types of code (C, HTML, Java, LaTeX, etc.), http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~maverick/VimColorSchemeTest/.

I use camo in that list, http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~maverick/VimColorSchemeTest/camo.vim.

Answer 15

I recently discovered rdark.

Answer 16

I use Dante Color Scheme and here is a look of it:

Answer 17

I use both kib_darktango and railscast color schemes. Most of the time is spent on railscast, but I tend to switch to kib_darktango when writing python code.

I used to use camo. It's nice and worth a try. Maybe I got tired of it, but still a nice colorscheme.

My font choice is Inconsolata at 12pt. Inconsolata is a opensource font face so it is avaliable in every platform, even MS Windows. I know, Monaco is cool and Consolas is nice. But I really prefer Inconsolata and I love the fact that my editor of choice is absolutely the same -- visually and feature-wise -- everywhere I need it.

Answer 18

I like using darktango.

Answer 19

For the desktop, Sienna (Dark):

Answer 20

rdark with some custom colors redefined

Answer 21

IR_black has a great color combination.

http://blog.infinitered.com/entries/show/8

Answer 22

ir_black is my favour. http://blog.infinitered.com/entries/show/8

Answer 23

I created my own Vim color scheme specifically for HTML, PHP, CSS and JavaScript, but I'm not allowed to post pictures or a hyperlink to it... so here's a copy/paste link:

bjornenki.com/blog/vim-gvim-colorscheme-website-development

Answer 24

I really like BusyBee for Ruby.

Answer 25

I have tried quite a few colorschemes and my favorite for more than two years is jellybeans. I am using urxvt with CSApprox plugin for vim, so this might not look the same for you.

Answer 26

I switched from desert to darkspectrum:

Answer 27

I've found peaksea to be a good mix of contrast and gentleness on the eyes for my work flow. (I wanted to stick that in here for comparative consideration. I hope that's appropriate.)

Answer 28

I've been using 'synic' for a long time. Not sure how I found it, but it works for me:

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1897

Here's a link to a screenshot: http://www.exaile.org/vim.png

Answer 29

Every color scheme is OK, guys.

From a neuroscientific point of view choose colors that promote a strong contrast. This makes characters easily viewable and gives less strain to the eyes. Other than that, personal preference makes no difference.

Answer 30

Did murphy miss the boat?