How to set a different colorscheme for each file type in Vim?

Question

In Vim, I want to use a different colorscheme for each file type.

e.g. I want to use desert256 colorscheme for Py

Answer 1

I have a hack you may like. It is far from perfect, and it doesn't use a .vimrc, but it works for me. It requires you to type a different command to edit different files. It works using the -c parameter when you call gvim. This argument allows you to run vim commands after loading the file. Add this to your ~/.bashrc ( I guess you are using bash ) :

alias gpy="gvim -c 'colorscheme desert'"
alias gcs="gvim -c 'colorscheme jellybeans'"

Hope this helps