vim

The gvim.rc and vim.rc go in /home/userid as .gvimrc or .vimrc


vim colors:

Use the example in the file : gvimrc_example.vim (which is in the vim directory , or the vim61 directory) and follow the directions in that file. (to find the vim directory , you can use the whereis command like this: [ whereis vim ]
These two files control the colors: synload.vim and colortest.vim . You can change syntax highlighting in these files after you do the above installation. In the vim directory there is a subdirectory called colors. In this directory are files that change the colors of vim. Read the readme.txt in that directory and it should be pretty clear what you need to do.

You can also change the text colors that are used at the command line in a terminal window.