vi code highlighting: change the default comments color from dark blue to light blue

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The default colors for comments (texts in /* */ or following // or #, …) in vi code highlighting are a little too dark. Ever wanted to make it more recognizable in SSH console?

Find and edit /etc/vim/vimrc with vi:

vi /etc/vim/vimrc

And add in this line:

colorscheme desert

Wherein desert is one of the available color schemes vim comes with. Now we will need to edit the actual color scheme file and change the highlighting colors:

/usr/share/vim/vimcurrent/colors/desert.vim

Change:

hi Comment ctermfg=darkcyan

To:

hi Comment ctermfg=blue

Save the change and exit. Run:

source /etc/vim/vimrc

And the changes will now take effect.

The default directory color of ls –color is also too dark, you can learn how to change the default directory color of ls –color.

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  3. Thank you for this!!!! I’ve been searching everyone and haven’t found anything until I came across this.

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