Monokai color scheme for Vim

This is yet another Vim port of the TextMate's Monokai color scheme.

Configuration

Just set the color scheme in your vimrc file:

colorscheme monokai

Gamma correction

By default gamma correction is applied. See more details in http://www.hardtoc.com/archives/310

If you don't like the gamma-corrected palette, you can use the "normal" palette setting this in your vimrc file (before setting the color scheme):

let g:monokai_colorscheme#output_srgb = 0

Terminal colors

This color scheme was built for the GUI version. For terminals which can render 256 colors, there is a palette which approximate the GUI version colors to their equivalent ones in the Xterm 256 colors palette (this approximation can be improved in further versions). If that approximation is good enough for you (just test it and see), you don't need to configure anything else.

However, for more fidelity to the GUI version, or for terminals which don't support the Xterm 256 colors palette but can render 16 colors, customize your default terminal colors as the following:

Color index	With gamma correction	Without gamma correction
0	#34352d	#272822
1	#fd4485	#f92672
2	#b3e43b	#a6e22e
3,	#ffa727	#fd971f
5	#bd99ff	#ae81ff
6	#75e0f2	#66d9ef
7	#888471	#75715e
8	#5b5a4f	#49483e
11	#ebe086	#e6db74
15	#f9f9f5	#f8f8f2

The following colors may have any value because they are not used. These are just suggestions:

Color index	Color value
Background	same as 0
9	same as 1
10	same as 2
4, 12, 13	same as 5
14	same as 6
Foreground	same as 15

Then set this in your vimrc file (before setting the color scheme):

let g:monokai_colorscheme#use_default_term_colors = 1

Please note that if you skip the terminal palette customization, the results will likely be very wrong. Don't set the above variable if you don't want to customize your terminal's palette (and stick with the provided approximated colors).

Transparent background

As a bonus, for terminals which are emulated under a compositing environment and have transparency enabled, it's possible to use a transparent background inside Vim. Set this in your vimrc file (before setting the color scheme):

if !has('gui_running')
  let g:monokai_colorscheme#transparent_background = 1
endif

Note that this only works in terminals, not in GUI.