diff --git a/.vim/colors/inkpot.vim b/.vim/colors/inkpot.vim
index 9ace623..af88a43 100644
--- a/.vim/colors/inkpot.vim
+++ b/.vim/colors/inkpot.vim
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ if has("gui_running")
     hi Type           gui=NONE   guifg=#ff8bff   guibg=NONE
     hi Underlined     gui=BOLD   guifg=#ffffcd   guibg=NONE
     hi TaglistTagName gui=BOLD   guifg=#808bed   guibg=NONE
-    hi Pmenu          gui=NONE   guifg=white   guibg=black
-
+    hi Pmenu          gui=NONE   guifg=white     guibg=black
+    hi ColorColumn                               guibg=#1a1a22
 else
     exec "hi Normal         cterm=NONE   ctermfg=" . <SID>X("78") . "   ctermbg=" . <SID>X(80) . ""
     exec "hi IncSearch      cterm=BOLD   ctermfg=" . <SID>X("80") . "   ctermbg=" . <SID>X(73) . ""
diff --git a/.vim/colors/solarized.vim b/.vim/colors/solarized.vim
index 7989ba7..4c35b53 100644
--- a/.vim/colors/solarized.vim
+++ b/.vim/colors/solarized.vim
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ exe "hi! String"       .s:fmt_none   .s:fg_blue   .s:bg_none
 exe "hi! Identifier"     .s:fmt_none   .s:fg_blue   .s:bg_none
 "       *Identifier      any variable name
 "        Function        function name (also: methods for classes)
-exe "hi! cppSTL"     .s:fmt_none   .s:fg_base1   .s:bg_none
+exe "hi! cppSTL"     .s:fmt_ital   .s:fg_base1   .s:bg_none
 
 exe "hi! Statement"      .s:fmt_none   .s:fg_yellow  .s:bg_none
 "       *Statement       any statement
diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index ee4e143..0a6e2c3 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 syntax on             " syntax coloring by default
-color inkpot
+"color inkpot
+color solarized
+set background=dark
 
-set textwidth=80
+set textwidth=120
 set wrap            " auto wrap line view, but not text itself
 
 filetype indent on      " activates indenting for files  
@@ -33,8 +35,8 @@ set showcmd         " show informations about selection while in visual mode
 set guioptions-=T   "remove toolbar
 
 set colorcolumn=80,120  " highligth the 80th and 120th column
-" dark bckgrd for inkpot
-hi ColorColumn ctermbg=lightgrey guibg=#1a1a22 
+
+hi CursorLine cterm=NONE ctermbg=lightgrey ctermfg=NONE guibg=#2a2a32 guifg=NONE
 
 let mapleader = "," " leader key is comma
 
@@ -139,9 +141,10 @@ map <F12> :MiniBufExplorer<cr>
 
 " configure tags - add additional tags here or comment out not-used ones
 set tags+=~/.vim/tags/cpp
-"set tags+=~/.vim/tags/gl
-"set tags+=~/.vim/tags/sdl
-"set tags+=~/.vim/tags/qt4
+set tags+=~/.vim/tags/bmdd
+set tags+=~/.vim/tags/bmddsolver
+set tags+=~/.vim/tags/dae
+set tags+=~/.vim/tags/eodev
 " build tags of your own project with CTRL+F12
 map <C-F12> :!ctags -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q .<CR>