This is yet another Vim port of the TextMate's Monokai color scheme.
Just set the color scheme in your vimrc file:
colorscheme monokai
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
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).
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.