Neovim colorscheme slate: make parentheses visible

What do you find confusing? How the matching parenthesis is highlighted or the fact that it is highlighted?

If the former, then you can override specific highlight groups as per :help colorscheme-override.

If the latter, then you can disable the functionality by adding this to your vimrc:

let loaded_matchparen = 1

as per :help matchparen.

I have no idea if any the above works in Neovim.

I suspect that the problem is not with the matching parenthesis colorization but with your Cursor colorization.

Is your cursor always black with that color scheme?

What is the result of the following command:

hi Cursor

I'm using Neovim 0.11.7 and my cursor with the slate color scheme is white and not black :-|

If I hit : to switch to command mode both matching parenthesis are yellow.

It doesn't change the highlighting of parentheses. It seems that the current parenthesis is not matched by the group Cursor.

Oh, sorry I didn't read your message until the end.

I entered :help matchparen and read the documentation. I've tried the suggested command. In particular, I've entered let matchparendisablecursor_hl = 1 and now the parenthesis under my cursor is displayed in a readable manner.

I don't understand what happened, but at least I can now browse parentheses in normal/visual mode with no issue. Thank you!

Is this supposed to be an answer to your question on staging ground?

Please don't answer unrelated questions. Instead, improve your question on SG until it's approved. Then you can self-answer. Make sure to explain how the answer solves the problem.

The baground color of the current character is white when it's not placed on a parenthesis.

Here's what happens when try to get the color of the cursor:

:hi Cursor                                                                 
Cursor         xxx cleared

My issue is that the parenthesis where my cursor is placed is under-highlighted (with a black background), so my attention is driven to the matched parenthesis (that is displayed with a yellow background). It's hard to understand where my cursor is placed.

Could you try:

hi Cursor guifg=#333333 guibg=#d7d778

    
            

                
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