vi background in gnome-terminal

[soccercisco]

Hi Folks,

I have never been able to figure this one out, so here it is:

I have set the background of the gnome-terminal to be transparent (30%). When I open vim editor in the gnome-terminal, I have the same transparent background regardless of my .vimrc file. How can I have a background for the gnome-terminal that is transparent (which I already have), but while vim is open have it with a black background? Is this possible?

Thanks,

[lugoteehalt]

Might try installing gvim and then fiddling with its menus. Don't know if it'll work, but might do.

[soccercisco]

Ok, thanks. I was just trying to do it via good'ol regular 'vim', however, it has been pointed out to me that this is not possible, since vi/vim has no control over the terminal emulator.

[soccercisco]

Found it:

In your ~/.vimrc add the line:

highlight Normal ctermbg=Black ctermfg=White

Cheers.