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 ### Are italics supported? 
-Italics in comments can be enabled by setting `g:codedark_italics = 1` before
-setting the colorscheme. Please note that your terminal must support rendering italic fonts.
+Italics in comments can be enabled by setting `g:codedark_italics = 1` _before_
+setting the colorscheme in your `.vimrc` like so:
+```
+let g:codedark_italics = 1
+colorscheme codedark
+```
+Please note that your terminal must support rendering italic fonts.