vim - vimrc make comments italic

Question

How do I change the ~/.vimrc to have the comments in my code italicized?

In my ~/.vimrc file I have:

highlight Comment ctermfg=blue

that makes the comments blue. What do I need to do differently to make them italic?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3494435/vimrc-make-comments-italic

Answer 1

highlight Comment cterm=italic gui=italic

You'll need a font with an italic set and a terminal capable of displaying italics. Also, if you're using a color scheme other than the default, the above line should come after the color scheme is loaded in your ~/.vimrc so that the color scheme doesn't override it.

The cterm makes it work in the terminal and the gui is for graphical Vim clients.