title: How to set a black background
body: <p>I cannot figure out how to set the background color to black in Vim. I am running Vim from Mac OS X 10.5.8's Terminal.app (does this mean that I am using MacVim?).</p>
  
  <p>My <code>.gvimrc</code> file looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>syntax on
  set background = dark
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>All this appears to accomplish is to make text more bold than before. </p>
  
  <p>Doing things like </p>
  
  <pre><code>:highlight Normal guibg=Black
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>in Vim doesn't seem to do anything either. </p>
  
  <p>Also should I have anything in my <code>.vimrc</code> file? I am not sure which configuration file is relevant to the Vim that is automatically installed on Mac OSX (that is accessible with the <code>vim</code> command at the terminal).</p>