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How to change the default color scheme of gvimdiff.

1. Since I am a "heavy user of gvim", I started also to view file differences with gvimdiff.


2. The default color scheme, which comes with gvimdiff is bad. Especially are the ones for which show changes, between files, where the red color, which is used makes it difficult to see any text.


3. To improve matters, firstly I tried to create my own color scheme. I created a directory colors, under ~/.vim/ and put there pk.vim, which is now available to use with the vim colorscheme command.


4. A much better choice is using one of the ready made color schemes, which come with vim. Just hit :color (space after color is mandatory) and pick something by pressing tab to browse the many options.
   Once you are happy with a scheme, put the following lines in you ~/.gvimrc:
   if &diff
     colorscheme delek
   endif
   


5. To change the background of vim (required often when the default one does not show the language syntax well), put this line in the ~/.vimrc :
   
   map <F9> :highlight Normal ctermfg=grey ctermbg=darkblue
   

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