background issue with my vim

Question

How do I get rid of the gray-highlight in my vim editor? I am not selecting anything, this is what I see when I load VI.

Thank you.

image: http://postimg.org/image/xe7uw7nqt/

you'd better show your vimrc,and `set background=dark` will help? — frank.lin, Sep 11 '14 at 02:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-11T18:43:14.753

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In your vimrc try setting..

highlight Normal ctermbg=NONE

You can also test this from your vim session by pressing ":" and entering it. I believe your colorscheme's Normal color is off for terminals (maybe was a GUI based colorscheme?).

edited Sep 11 '14 at 18:43

answered Sep 10 '14 at 22:58

@DavidTrinh: I voted up for you :) I think you don't need rep to accept the answer. – mMontu Sep 11 '14 at 11:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 10 '14 at 23:02

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Try changing your color scheme, e.g.

:colorscheme morning

answered Sep 10 '14 at 23:02

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