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Vim's default colour scheme
reference.vim
A colour scheme that tries to replicate Vim's default. Effectively it should be a no-op or equivalent to:
highlight clear
syntax reset
Why?
Making a colour scheme is time-consuming enough without having to go hunting for what the default highlight groups are.
How to trigger various highlight groups
| Highlight group | When it’s used |
|---|---|
Normal |
main background and text colour |
Directory |
:Ex / |
EndOfBuffer |
the tildes at the end of the buffer |
ErrorMsg |
:echoerr 'My error' |
VertSplit |
open a vertical split and see the bar |
IncSearch |
set incsearch and then :%s/mysearch it will highlight as you type |
LineNr |
the numbers after :set number |
LineNrAbove |
:set number relativenumber. Numbers above current line are styled this way |
LineNrBelow |
:set number relativenumber. Numbers below current line are styled this way |
CursorLineNr |
same as LineNr but specific to the line the cursor is on |
MatchParen |
a matching pair of brackets |
ModeMsg |
enter insert mode to see the style |
MoreMsg |
view the output of a command like :hi or :map |
NonText |
:set nowrap, write a long line and the character that shows at the end of the screen |
Pmenu |
enter insert mode, type a letter and then press C-n |
PmenuSel |
as above, selected item |
PmenuSbar |
as above, scroll bar |
PmenuThumb |
as above, scroll bar position |
Question |
:!ls (the hit-enter prompt) |
QuickFixLine |
:vimgrep 'a' %:h/**, :copen, <CR>. Highlights line |
Search |
/Search |
CurSearch |
/Search. The current match is styled this way |
SpecialKey |
:set list or :map |
StatusLine |
:set laststatus=2, active status bar |
StatusLineNC |
:sp, inactive status bar |
TabLine |
:tabnew, inactive tab colour and close button |
TabLineFill |
the space between tabs and the right-hand side |
TabLineSel |
selected tab |
Title |
the number in a tab when it has more than one window |
Visual |
V |
WarningMsg |
perform a search then let it wrap |
VisualNOS |
when Vim loses the X selection but is still in visual mode |
DiffAdd |
vim -d /tmp/a /tmp/b |
DiffChange |
as above |
DiffDelete |
as above |
DiffText |
as above, this is the text that changed in DiffChange line |
Folded |
how a fold looks |
FoldColumn |
how fold areas are displayed in the fold column |
CursorLineFold |
fold column style when :set cursorline is active |
ToolbarLine |
??? |
ToolbarButton |
??? |
SpellBad |
:set spell spelllang=en_gb, teh |
SpellCap |
as above, start sentence without a capital |
SpellLocal |
as above, color vs colour |
SpellRare |
? |
ColorColumn |
:set colorcolumn=80 |
CursorColumn |
:set cursorcolumn |
CursorLine |
:set cursorline |
Comment |
based on a language's syntax file |
Constant |
based on a language's syntax file |
Special |
based on a language's syntax file |
Identifier |
based on a language's syntax file |
Statement |
based on a language's syntax file |
PreProc |
based on a language's syntax file |
Type |
based on a language's syntax file |
Underlined |
based on a language's syntax file |
Ignore |
based on a language's syntax file |
Error |
based on a language's syntax file |
Todo |
based on a language's syntax file |
WildMenu |
:e /<Tab> |
Conceal |
:set conceallevel=1, write out a link in Markdown |
SignColumn |
:set signcolumn=yes |
CursorLineSign |
sign column style when :set cursorline is active |
StatusLineTerm |
:terminal |
StatusLineTermNC |
as above but not the current window, <Esc><C-w><C-w> |
Neovim-specific highlight groups
| Highlight group | When it’s used |
|---|---|
NormalNC |
The inactive split's Normal value |
VisualNC |
??? |
TermCursor |
:h hl-TermCursor |
TermCursorNC |
:h hl-TermCursorNC |
WinBar |
set winbar=blah\ blah\ blah, :h 'winbar', :h hl-WinBar |
WinBarNC |
The inactive version of the above, :h hl-WinBarNC |
WinSeparator |
supersedes VertSplit. Can be used for horizontal splits when :set laststatus=3 |
Substitute |
:s/this text/that text/. Highlights the changed region |
Whitespace |
set list and see nbsp, space, tab, etc. :h hl-Whitespace |
MsgSeparator |
Run an external command like :!ls. It's the divider between Vim and the output |
MsgArea |
The :messages and cmd line area |
NormalFloat |
:h hl-NormalFloat |
FloatBorder |
:h nvim_open_win() |
FloatShadow |
:h nvim_open_win(). /"shadow |
FloatShadowThrough |
:h nvim_open_win(). /"shadow |
RedrawDebugNormal |
:h redrawdebug |
RedrawDebugClear |
:h redrawdebug |
RedrawDebugComposed |
:h redrawdebug |
RedrawDebugRecompose |
:h redrawdebug |
DiagnosticError |
:h hl-DiagnosticError |
DiagnosticWarn |
:h hl-DiagnosticWarn |
DiagnosticInfo |
:h hl-DiagnosticInfo |
DiagnosticHint |
:h hl-DiagnosticHint |
DiagnosticUnderlineError |
:h hl-DiagnosticUnderlineError |
DiagnosticUnderlineWarn |
:h hl-DiagnosticUnderlineWarn |
DiagnosticUnderlineInfo |
:h hl-DiagnosticUnderlineInfo |
DiagnosticUnderlineHint |
:h hl-DiagnosticUnderlineHint |
DiagnosticVirtualTextError |
:h hl-DiagnosticVirtualTextError |
DiagnosticVirtualTextWarn |
:h hl-DiagnosticVirtualTextWarn |
DiagnosticVirtualTextInfo |
:h hl-DiagnosticVirtualTextInfo |
DiagnosticVirtualTextHint |
:h hl-DiagnosticVirtualTextHint |
DiagnosticFloatingError |
:h hl-DiagnosticFloatingError |
DiagnosticFloatingWarn |
:h hl-DiagnosticFloatingWarn |
DiagnosticFloatingInfo |
:h hl-DiagnosticFloatingInfo |
DiagnosticFloatingHint |
:h hl-DiagnosticFloatingHint |
DiagnosticSignError |
:h hl-DiagnosticSignError |
DiagnosticSignWarn |
:h hl-DiagnosticSignWarn |
DiagnosticSignInfo |
:h hl-DiagnosticSignInfo |
DiagnosticSignHint |
:h hl-DiagnosticSignHint |
Nvim* |
:h expr-highlight. In short, syntax highlighting for cmd line |
@number, @constant, etc. |
:h treesitter-highlight-groups |
LspReferenceText |
e.g. highlight variable's other uses in buffer, :h hl-LspReferenceText |
LspReferenceRead |
e.g. highlight variable's other uses in buffer, :h hl-LspReferenceRead |
LspReferenceWrite |
e.g. highlight variable's other uses in buffer, :h hl-LspReferenceWrite |
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