If you Google search for "16colors.sh" you will most likely find a script that will display the available 16 colors and you can judge for yourself. I think Terminal.app might support 16 colors, but only in the light vs dark range, not unique colors. Do you know what would be involved in fixing the underlying termcap database? I'm not afraid of root, but I've never understood how TERMCAP or TERMINFO work.Īnd this URL should give you information about most of the escape sequences an ANSI terminal accepts:Īnd if you figure out a new and improved xterm-color terminfo file, then I would suggest you post your improved file at:įree ADC (Apple Developer Connection) account needed for BugReporter.Īm I to understand also that Terminal.app only supports xterm-color (8 colors)? Is that a limitation of Terminal or a limitation of the termcap that shipped with OSX? manpages can use a little color in addition to bold on key words. For example, the python shell is supposed to use color. I understand that most command line tools don't. If that is needed, so that some other things which might ordinarily use color, might also. I'm wondering if it makes more sense to fix the termcap,
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vimrc code I posted, and my Vim always has syntax coloring. Since I work on so many different platforms (Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX, Tru64 UNIX, HP-UX, Windows), it is too much trouble trying to figure out getting a working terminfo TERM setting. Where the 'light' colors only apply to a terminal that supports 16 colors (iTerm is one that does).įor the sake of learning, can you please tell me what these escape sequences are and how they tell VIM to do the right thing? I also use lots of color in my terminal sessions by sending color escape sequences: vimrc, then you will have to either find a terminfo setting for your TERM environment variable, or provide a terminfo file that has all the correct color information.Īs for other Unix commands, they do not generally spit out color by default, and frequently want a command line argument that tells them to use color. If you do not wish to have the above in your. Let &t_Co=16 " xterm-16color has 16 colors minimum.
vimrc because I use Vim on lots of different platforms and this bit of Vim code works everywhere: So what is your TERM environment variable?įor Vim, I have the following in my.
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