From 065ae919ee3adf572dcac8ea65ee33b36812cb71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fernando Schauenburg <dev@schauenburg.me>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 14:43:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [vim] inherit the shell's background (dark/light)

---
 bash_profile | 4 ++--
 vimrc        | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bash_profile b/bash_profile
index 67b279f..3a35e30 100644
--- a/bash_profile
+++ b/bash_profile
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ change_palette() (
 #   - prompt string
 #   - `ls` command output colors
 do_solarize_shell() {
-    [ -z "$BACKGROUND" ] && BACKGROUND="dark"
+    [ -z "$BACKGROUND" ] && export BACKGROUND="dark"
 
     if [ "$TERM_PROGRAM" = "Apple_Terminal" ]; then
         echo "tell application \"Terminal\" to set current settings of selected tab of front window to settings set \"solarized-$BACKGROUND\"" | osascript
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ do_solarize_shell() {
         # Change the ANSI color palette
         #   iTerm2: Pnrrggbb (http://iterm2.com/documentation-escape-codes.html)
         #   other terminals: 4;n;#rrggbb
-        #        Pn or 4;n;#         n  rrggbb        ANSI name
+        #        Pn or 4;n;#         n        rrggbb        ANSI name
         change_palette $(printf $selector  0) $base02     # 0;30 black
         change_palette $(printf $selector  1) $red        # 0;31 red
         change_palette $(printf $selector  2) $green      # 0;32 green
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index ef39a0b..c081200 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ let mapleader = ","
     " }}}
 
     " vim-colors-solarized {{{
+        if $BACKGROUND == 'light'   " use background from bash if available
+            set background=light
+        else
+            set background=dark     " default is dark
+        endif
         silent! colorscheme solarized
     " }}}