ethan-s
5/18/2016 - 9:36 PM

Windows Gvim setup for proper colors

Windows Gvim setup for proper colors

setup_vimrc.sh
content_copyfile_download
    #!/bin/bash 
    # Here's the Mac/Linux makelinks: 
    ln -s -f ~/gvr/ctags.cnf ~/.ctags 
    ln -s -f ~/gvr/_vimrc ~/.vimrc 
    ln -s -f ~/gvr/vimfiles ~/.vim 
    ln -s -f ~/gvr/dotfiles/gitconfig.mac ~/.gitconfig 
    ln -s -f ~/gvr/dotfiles/emacs.d ~/.emacs.d 
    for i in bashrc bash_aliases bash_profile bash_logout profile viper 
    do 
        ln -s -f ~/gvr/dotfiles/$i ~/.$i 
    done
setup_env.bat
content_copyfile_download
setx /S %COMPUTERNAME% /U %USERNAME% HOME %HOMEPATH%

REM And the Windows one. Note %HOME% is set to C:\gvr: 

    :: Vista or Win7 only. Must be run as Administrator from a cmd window 
    pushd %~dp0 
    for %%i in (bash* profile viper) do (mklink ..\.%%i dotfiles\%%i) 
    mklink ..\.gitconfig dotfiles\gitconfig.msys 
    mklink /d ..\.emacs.d dotfiles\emacs.d 
    mklink /d ..\Dropbox "%USERPROFILE%\Dropbox" 
    popd
notes.md
content_copyfile_download
  • Rendered
  • Source

Gvim on Windows is dumb and still looks for $HOME, but if its isn't setup in the environment variables for the user/system then it defaults to the Vim_gvimrc in Program Files and this can mess things up.

Make sure if you are adding themes via a plugin manager (Pathogen/Vundle/VimPlug) you need to use your colorscheme activation AFTER you plugin initialization, other wise the theme can't be found because its not in the typical .vim/colors path.