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For context: I'm only getting started with vimrcs. I just installed Vim on a second machine. On this machine, I don't have admin privileges. However, I've managed to install Vim and gVim 8.2 in the user-specific directory, and added the Vim/vim82 directory to the user-specific Path.

Since I installed with all enhancements loaded, there was a vimrc_example.vim and that was sourced in my Vim/_vimrc. I fully deleted everything within this _vimrc.

I loaded Vim from the Windows 10 Command Prompt: vim. It worked normally and the main screen came up.

Then, I added these lines to my _vimrc - these are the only lines inside it:

set nu
set noerrorbells
set tabstop = 4
set colorscheme blue

Now I run Vim and it just hangs - a black window - until I press any key. Then the main screen comes up.

Is there any way to get this back to normal so I don't have to press a key to get Vim to stop hanging?

Edit: Upon further inspection, it's when I add the line set colorscheme blue that the hanging begins. I'm not sure why.

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  • Does it still happen with vim --clean? Is there something in :messages? Have you checked :scriptnames to see if there isn't another configuration file loaded with something which might cause the issue? – statox Feb 23 at 10:22
  • @statox Deleting all the lines in the _vimrc then running Vim again fixes it, so that's why I'm suspicious of it. – Harith Feb 23 at 10:23
  • PS should be set tabstop=4 for the correct syntax – D. Ben Knoble♦ Feb 23 at 13:31
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I suspect the answer is in set colorscheme blue which should just read colorscheme blue.

Further reading on changing colours can be found in :h usr_06 and :h :colorscheme.

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  • That fixed it. I should have known since in Command Mode you just type :colorscheme <scheme>. I thought you had to put set in front of everything in a _vimrc. – Harith Feb 23 at 10:44
  • Ah that's a good catch! – statox Feb 23 at 10:44

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