I want to select a color scheme in gVim such that it's used always (i. e. if I select color scheme X, close gVim, and start it again, it should start with X as the color scheme, not the default one).
How can I do it?
Just selecting the color scheme (see menu in the screenshot above) doesn't help.
In Vim, settings are saved across sessions by writing them in an init script called vimrc.
On Windows, that vimrc is supposed to be at:
$HOME\_vimrc
or (if HOME is not defined):
C:\Users\yourlogin\_vimrc
On Unix at:
$HOME/.vimrc
The installer may or may not have created that file for you, so you'll have to create if it doesn't exist. Do :echo $HOME in Vim to know where to create that directory and that file.
To save your colorscheme choice, add this line to your vimrc:
colorscheme slate
See this document.
If you use gVim, go to Edit -> click on Startup Settings -> add in the file "colorscheme slate" -> save
vimrc file can edited from the gVim menu. Maybe could you make that more explicit.
Jul 13, 2022 at 23:47
In Linux, the vimrc file at home directory, so if you want to edit:
$ cd ~
$ vi .vimrc
and then please, add or edit colorscheme line like:
colorscheme torte
cd doesn’t mean edit, it means change directory; and this doesn’t make sense on files. Also the vimrc can be located in other places (I prefer ~/.vim/vimrc).
In Windows 10 nowadays you have to edit (with admin privileges) the file _vimrc located in %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Vim\_vimrc
And add the line:
colorscheme <colorscheme>
Font where i found the way to solve this: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Change_the_color_scheme
_vimrc in the program files directory. :e $HOME/_vimrc and put the colorscheme command there.