From 8ec8a1b66a8af100418e9c9912a81c705d54c6b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Berry Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 11:27:15 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Recommend using vim themes over terminal themes --- docs/faq.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index fc39a5bf5b9..a75da4f439f 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ can be turned off for specific symbols using :opt:`narrow_symbols`. Using a color theme with a background color does not work well in vim? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +First, be sure to `use a color scheme in vim `__ +instead of relying on the terminal theme. Otherwise, background and text selection colours +may be difficult to read. + Sadly, vim has very poor out-of-the-box detection for modern terminal features. Furthermore, it `recently broke detection even more `__. It kind of, but not really, supports terminfo, except it overrides it with its own hard-coded