I am trying to install themes using V8+ Vim (8.2) on a Windows 10 OS. I first tried following the standard instructions listed on the Dracula theme site here. Unfortunately, the naming conventions for Unix based systems aren't the same as for Windows so I had to do a little research as to how to modify the instructions. So instead of mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/themes/start
I created a directory in home ~/.vimfiles/pack/themes/start
. I then cloned the GitHub repository with git clone https://github.com/dracula/vim.git dracula
inside of the start directory.
I then modified my vimrc file with packadd! dracula
, syntax enable
, and colorscheme dracula
. I saved and restarted Vim. I confirmed that the colorscheme was set to dracula with the command :colo
and double-checked that it was in the list of all color schemes with :color [Space] [Ctrl+D]
. Everything looked like it should be working. Unfortunately I could see no evidence that the theme had changed from the default. I can switch to any of the other preinstalled themes such as "blue" or "desert". But I am unable to change to any of the ones I have attempted to add.
Any ideas where I am going wrong? I would have thought that I misnamed my vimfiles
directory except that I would not have expected Vim to detect the theme and add it to the list. Any help would be much appreciated.
Vimrc file
What it ACTUALLY looks like in Vim
What it SHOULD look like in Vim
Scriptnames
Runtime Path
:set t_Co=256
orset termguicolors
. That's the last shot for me.