How do you change the default colorscheme in gvim?

Question

In GVIM for Windows I know you are supposed to be able to add something to the $VIM/_vimrc file in order to customize the start up and I have managed how to figure out a few neat tricks with that but I can't figure out how to change the default color settings. Right now every time I start vim, I have to type

:color pablo

before I can do any work (black on white bothers me when coding in anything but Java). I feel like this is 12 extra keystrokes I shouldn't have to be making every time I start vim. Is there a way I can have vim start using this setting by default?

Answer 1

Add

colorscheme pablo

to your _vimrc file.

Answer 2

nagnatron's answer is right, but if you need a little more information ...

"A Byte of Vim" is a book which aims to help you to learn how to use the Vim editor, even if all you know is how to use the computer keyboard.

Answer 3

For me it was necessary to do:

"~\_vimrc

if has('gui_running')
  au VimEnter * colorscheme desert
endif

The if has('gui_running') makes sure I keep the default color settings if I'm running vim in Cmder (conemu). My setup may be funny though, I have vim installed by scoop (a package manager for windows I recommend you check out if you haven't heard of it).