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diff --git a/chapter06/vim.xml b/chapter06/vim.xml
index 18b810d31..87342421a 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ set nocompatible
set backspace=2
syntax on
set fileencodings=ucs-bom,utf-8,<replaceable>your-8-bit-charset</replaceable>
+if (&amp;term == "iterm") || (&amp;term == "putty")
+ set background=dark
+endif
" End /etc/vimrc
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
@@ -126,6 +129,11 @@ like Fedora Core use UTF-8, and conservative ones like Debian
use traditional 8-bit encodings for text files. If you have not
passed the <option>--enable-multibyte</option> switch to the
<command>./configure</command> command above, this line will not work.
+Finally, the <emphasis>if</emphasis> statement with the
+<emphasis>set background=dark</emphasis> corrects <command>vim</command>'s
+guess about the background color of some terminal emulators. This gives the
+highliting a better color scheme for use on the black background of
+these programs.
</para>
<para>Documentation for other available options can be obtained by running