> 6... the built-in desert scheme works well on almost every machine ... Agreed. For a bit of an optimization to that: - https://github.com/rainux/vim-desert

> 6... the built-in desert scheme works well on almost every machine ... Agreed. For a bit of an optimization to that: - https://github.com/rainux/vim-desert-warm-256 https://github.com/rainux/vim-desert-warm-256 Not many stars on it, but works on a few machines without needing to have extra stuff installed.