🌈 Rainbow Trails

TRANSFORM your BORING, regular Vim cursor into a delightful UNICORN that scatters RAINBOW dust as it GALLOPS around the buffer.¹

I want rainbows! How do I get them?!

Install in Vim or Neovim with your normal package manager, or just use the built in packages feature:

mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start
git clone https://github.com/sedm0784/vim-rainbow-trails.git ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start

Then run :helptags ALL in Vim to generate the documentation, and :RainbowTrails to start the FUN.

This is so cool! I want PERMANENT rainbows!

No problem! Create a file at ~/.vim/after/plugin/rainbow_trails.vim with the contents:

RainbowTrails

Now Vim will enable the rainbows immediately after loading the plugin.

I am a BUSINESSMAN and I want to use Rainbow Trails in a BUSINESS meeting at my BUSINESS where we make sprockets.

Rainbow Trails is ENTERPRISE-READY. But maybe the Rainbows are too FANCY for your workplace. Never fear! The level of fanciness is entirely configurable. For instance:

For BUSINESS-certified rainbows, file a request to your IT department to install these :highlight commands in your vimrc.

highlight RainbowRed guibg=#808080 ctermbg=244
highlight RainbowOrange guibg=#6c6c6c ctermbg=242
highlight RainbowYellow guibg=#585858 ctermbg=240
highlight RainbowGreen guibg=#444444 ctermbg=238
highlight RainbowBlue guibg=#303030 ctermbg=236
highlight RainbowIndigo guibg=#1c1c1c ctermbg=234
highlight RainbowViolet guibg=#080808 ctermbg=232

Do the rainbows work in terminal Vim?

Of course! Rainbow Trails works NATIVELY in terminals where 'termguicolors' is enabled, and I have METICULOUSLY selected an appropriate set of colours for use in 256-colour terminals. If you have fewer than 256 colours available, you may wish to configure the highlighting further. (See above.)

I have more... specific configuration requirements.

Rainbow Trails suits all needs. Fast rainbows? Slow rainbows? Double rainbows? All the way? Consult the :help. There's a rainbow for everyone!

Footnotes

1. Unicorn not included. ↩