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I'm looking for a way to configure the color used for line numbering (as in: :set nu) in Vim. The default on most platforms seems to be yellow (which is also used for some highlighted tokens). I would like to color the line numbers a dim gray; somewhere in the vicinity of #555. I'm not picky though, any subdued color would be acceptable.
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Valid values: "line" Highlight the text line of the cursor with CursorLine hl-CursorLine. "screenline" Highlight only the screen line of the cursor with CursorLine hl-CursorLine. "number" Highlight the line number of the cursor with CursorLineNr hl-CursorLineNr. Thanks.
You can change color schemes at anytime in vi by typing colorscheme followed by a space and the name of the color scheme. For more color schemes, you can browse this library on the vim website. You can enable or disable colors by simply typing "syntax on" or "syntax off" in vi.
Try:
help hl-LineNr I found this through:
help 'number' which is the way to get help on the 'number' option, instead of the :number command.
To actually change the displayed colour:
:highlight LineNr ctermfg=grey This would change the foreground colour for LineNr on a character terminal to grey. If you are using gVim, you can:
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