{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/neovim/neovim/issues/2786","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/neovim/neovim/issues/2786/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/neovim/neovim/issues/2786/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/neovim/neovim/issues/2786/events","html_url":"https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/2786","id":84656027,"number":2786,"title":"background colors not working","user":{"login":"nschloe","id":181628,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/181628?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/nschloe","html_url":"https://github.com/nschloe","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nschloe/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nschloe/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nschloe/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nschloe/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nschloe/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nschloe/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nschloe/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nschloe/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nschloe/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-06-03T16:40:57Z","updated_at":"2015-06-03T16:40:57Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I'd love to use nvim for my day-to-day work, but one thing is keeping me back for now, namely the background colors: In neovim, they don't appear. This influences the appearance for vim-airline and also some other things.\r\n\r\nIn vim-legacy:\r\n![legacy](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/181628/7965748/ceef6ba2-0a1f-11e5-8caa-c94feb7b02c5.png)\r\n\r\nIn neovim:\r\n![neo](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/181628/7965755/d459941e-0a1f-11e5-962d-07550a06a112.png)\r\n\r\nThe long lines are highlighted with\r\n```\r\n\" Highlight rows which are too long\r\nhighlight OverLength ctermbg=red ctermfg=white guibg=#592929\r\nmatch OverLength /\\%81v.\\+/\r\n```"}}