[GRLUG] changing vim color for quoted text in email

[john-thomas richards]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 02:49:38PM -0500, Michael Mol wrote:
> On 1/26/2010 2:42 PM, john-thomas richards wrote:
> > My google-fu seems to be failing me.  I use vim and mutt for email.  I
> > have mutt set up to display different portions of email in different
> > colors (differing levels of quoted text, headers, etc.).  However, when
> > I edit an email and there is quoted text, it appears in dark blue which
> > is difficult to read on a dark background.  I cannot figure out how to
> > change vim's behavior.  I'd rather the quoted text be in cyan.  Can
> > anyone here point me in the right direction?
> 
> :set background=dark

That helps, but it makes nearly everything bold.
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