How do I change the Airline theme?

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I'm using airline with its default theme (relying from my theme gruvbox).

I use :AirlineTheme base16 while I have already opened my vim to change my airline theme to base16.

But I want to change the default airline theme permanently, when I set

AirlineTheme base16
call AirlineTheme base16
set AirlineTheme base16

AirlineTheme base16 -- Gives no failure message but removes all airline themes.
call AirlineTheme base16 -- Gives error "Missing parentheses. I also tried it as call AirlineTheme base16(). Still same error.
set AirlineTheme base16 -- This says unknown option AirlineTheme

How can I set it?

"It fails" is not a very detailed problem description... The second and third for (call ...AirlineTheme and set AirlineTheme) are invalid, so what error do you get when you try the first one? — Martin Tournoij, Feb 23 '16 at 2:04

muru · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-23 02:41:00Z

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Put the following in your .vimrc:

let g:airline_theme='base16'

You'll also need to install the vim-airline/vim-airline-themes plugin.

muru

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answered Feb 23 '16 at 2:25

fruglemonkey

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Just an FYI: What you think you get with ``` is not necessarily what you get. – muru Feb 23 '16 at 2:41
Functionally, what was the difference between the two format-stylings used here? For a one liner, the difference is minimal – fruglemonkey Feb 23 '16 at 2:55
Functionally, right now, no difference. If we ever get syntax highlighting for Vim, it would make a difference. – muru Feb 23 '16 at 2:56

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iGbanam · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-08 17:44:54Z

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I think now you can just do

:AirlineTheme base16

to temporarily set the theme.

Make sure to have Airline and AirlineThemes installed

answered Jan 8 '19 at 17:44

iGbanam

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Welcome to vi.stackexchange. This was already mentioned in the question. – Ralf Jan 8 '19 at 18:54

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