Mojave vim theme

A dark, desert inspired vim theme, optimized for 256-color terminals

Mojave is a dark vim theme optimized for 256-color terminals. The theme takes inspiration from the colors of the desert. You can preview the mojave theme here.

This theme is based on the "desert" theme by Hans Fugal hans@fugal.net and some subsequent modifications by Henry So, Jr. henryso@panix.com. I've used the original theme for years and introduced a sizable number of modifications to make it run better in 256-color terminals. Personally, I find this theme easy on the eyes and well suited for long sessions of editor use.

Keep in mind that this theme is a constant work in progress. I use editors all day and once in a while I'll stumble on some color combination that I don't quite like. When that happens, I'll update the theme and push a change. Fork this repository if you prefer a theme that will never change, or keep pulling newer versions if you like my fixes and improvements.

Installation

Using Vundle

If you're using Vundle, just add the following to your ~/.vimrc file:

Plugin 'marcopaganini/mojave-vim-theme'
colorscheme mojave

While still inside vim, type: <ESC>:PluginInstall. This should install the theme automatically. Restart vim and the new theme should be the default.

Manual installation

Manual installation is very simple: Download the mojave.vim file from the repository and copy it into your ~/.vim/colors directory. Edit your ~/.vimrc file and add:

colorscheme mojave

Restart vim and everything should work.

A better (but slightly more complicated) option is to git clone this repository somewhere in your disk and create a symlink from the mojave.vim file inside your working repository to ~/.vim/colors.

Caveats

Please note that this theme requires a 256-color capable terminal. Most popular terminals are 256-color capable these days, but if things look odd, your terminal might not have this capability.

If you know your terminal is 256-color capable and things still look ugly/weird, try adding the following to your ~/.vimrc file right before the colorscheme line:

set t_Co=256                                                                                        

This will force vim to use 256 colors.

Note that the theme has been tuned for 256-color terminals (I just can't match the productivity of screen + vim on gvim) but should also work fine for GUI environments.

Feel free to send comments with ideas, suggestions and push requests.

Related links

• I also maintain termschool, a theme based on codeschool, optimized for 256-color terminals.

• If you have some time to spare, consider a trip to a real desert. It can be a life changing experience. If you like these, visit my page at http://www.paganini.net for many other albums of desert trips.