Cannot change theme from default

[mdeguzis]

environment

• vim: VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Aug 12 2022 11:45:03)
• vim-airline: 0.12
• OS: RHEL
• Have you reproduced with a minimal vimrc: yes
• What is your airline configuration: none, just trying to set theme
  if you are using terminal:
• terminal: zsh
• $TERM variable: xterm-256color
• color configuration (:set t_Co?): I have set t_Co=256 in ~/.vimrc at the top

First, off, great work with the non-Python lightweight project! I'm not sure why, but changing to any theme does nothing. I load the default theme just fine:

When I type :AirlineTheme, I get a theme I set, such as "bubblebum".

I noticed if I use /usr/bin/vim instead of /some/other/bin/vim, the colors change. I don't get the same icons and such, but that's at least different. The later vim is one on the server I am on and newer:

vim version outputs:

• /usr/bin/vim --version: https://gist.github.com/mdeguzis/113666e4908dee88919523f1df9d1494
• /some/other/bin/vim --version: https://gist.github.com/mdeguzis/2329f066a5f1556f0f4f5420bf7bb357

Below is my vimrc. Let me know if there's any more information I can provide. I can also load and use https://github.com/powerline/powerline fine, so it must be how things are set here in contrast.

vimrc: https://gist.github.com/mdeguzis/d5f690b3c8fe86ae5fee72f420624389

[chrisbra]

Sorry, I do not understand. So you see different themes, but they do not have any effect?

[mdeguzis]

Yes, when I try to apply a new theme, nothing really changes or the way it looks is not per the screenshot. I checked the samples in https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline-themes/blob/master/autoload/airline/themes/atomic.vim. I usehttps://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts.

default: AirlineTheme: dark

my badwolf:

wiki badwolf

my deus:

[chrisbra]

hm, not sure. Can you try with a minimal vimrc?
E.g. with vim-airline and vim-airline-themes cloned into ~/.vim/pack/minpac/start/

vim --clean -u <(cat <<EOF
set nocompatible
set bg=dark
set termguicolors
filetype plugin indent on
syntax enable
let &rtp  = '~/.vim/pack/minpac/start/vim-airline,~/.vim/pack/minpac/start/vim-airline-themes,' . &rtp
EOF
)

[mdeguzis]

I get the same behavior :(

git clone https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline-themes ~/.vim/pack/minpac/start/vim-airline-themes
git clone https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline ~/.vim/pack/minpac/start/vim-airline

vim --clean -u <(cat <<EOF
set nocompatible
set bg=dark
set termguicolors
filetype plugin indent on
syntax enable
let &rtp  = '~/.vim/pack/minpac/start/vim-airline,~/.vim/pack/minpac/start/vim-airline-themes,' . &rtp
EOF
)

default dark:

Switch to badwolf:

I wonder if it has to do with fonts at all :/

[chrisbra]

hm, puzzeling. What terminal are you using? Have you tried in gvim or with an xterm?

[mdeguzis]

Terminal.App on OSX

[chrisbra]

can you show the output of :scriptnames (after changing the themes)?

[mdeguzis]

Default is dark as expected

:AirlineTheme
 NORMAL  /tmp/a                                                                                                                                                                                           utf-8[unix]  100% ㏑:0/1☰℅:1 
dark

Change to badwolf:
Gist: https://gist.github.com/mdeguzis/3263b0bdd21428ef4a922cbe6135bb3b

[chrisbra]

I am out of ideas currently