Vim settings for Bash on Windows & Windows Console

.vimrc

set number
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set expandtab

set mouse=a

syntax enable

if &term =~ '256color'

    " The following two lines solve the BCE issue described here: https://sunaku.github.io/vim-256color-bce.html
    set term=screen-256color
    set t_ut=

    set background=dark

    " Be sure to store your `<theme>.vim` files in ~/.vim/colors/
    colorscheme gruvbox
    "colorscheme monokai
    "colorscheme solarized

endif

Hi @sorenrichenberg - I'd recommend following popular vim docs on how to use 256 colors: https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/256_colors_in_vim, rather than a gist from 2017 for the legacy Console 😜