Why colors are not displaying in VIM - OH-MY-ZSH

Question

I have seen this post :

oh-my-zsh themes don't show properly (background stays white)

But nothing helped.

Problem is in MAC VIM Colors are displaying messed but in linux all colors are working fine.

I am using iTerm 2 as in tutorial but here's how colors are showing.

Why this is not working ?

I think it should be link this :

Here are my settings in iTerm2

Maybe you need `set t_Co=256` if you use a 256 colors scheme but your terminal doesn't tell vim it supports 256 colors. — Andreas Louv, May 07 '16 at 08:07

score 95 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '16 at 01:12

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Test to see whether syntax highlighting is enabled in Vim. If you type :syntax on and the problem goes away then that's your issue, and you can correct it by adding:

syntax on

to your $MYVIMRC file (usually at ~/.vimrc or ~/.vim/vimrc; find out exactly with :echo $MYVIMRC in Vim).

answered May 07 '16 at 01:12

Greg Hurrell

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If I type `:syntax on` it works. But I have no variable `$MYVIMRC` for a permanent fix. – floatingpurr Oct 10 '18 at 17:51
How to permanently have `:syntax on` ? Do I have to type it every time? – kemicofa ghost Jan 25 '19 at 18:36
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Just create a file ~/.vimrc and `syntax on` to it and save. It worked for me even though I didn't have any variable $MYVIMRC – Arun Gopalpuri Mar 15 '19 at 04:21
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Thanks, syntax on is definitely NOT enabled. Adding that in the ~/.vimrc file solved it. – kramfs Sep 28 '20 at 09:09

Why colors are not displaying in VIM - OH-MY-ZSH

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