title: Solarized colorscheme for vim and incorrect background color
body: <p>I use <a href="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html" rel="noreferrer">urxvt</a> with the <a href="http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized" rel="noreferrer">Solarized</a> light color palette. My <code>.Xresources</code> file is properly configured according to <a href="https://github.com/solarized/xresources" rel="noreferrer">these instructions</a>. I also use Vim as my main editor. I've installed the Solarized colorscheme for Vim and modified my <code>.vimrc</code> file according to <a href="https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized" rel="noreferrer">these instructions</a>. I like the light background color, so I put the following lines in <code>.vimrc</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>syntax enable
  set background=light
  colorscheme solarized
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, Vim set the background color to dark. Then I edited the second line, wrote <code>set background=dark</code> and vim changed the background color to light. </p>
  
  <p>The problem is that <code>set background=light</code> gives me the dark background and <code>set background=dark</code> gives me the light background. Why this weird behavior? How to fix this problem? Ah, if I leave out the <code>set background</code> line, everything looks fine (the background is light). I've also noticed that gvim sets the correct background color. </p>