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scv5

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Registered: 2008-10-19

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[solved] vim color scheme not working in urxvt/screen

i'm using the 256 color scheme inkblot in vim.  It works great in urxvt alone.  But the background is messed up in screen.  Screen is able to display 256 colors.

Basically, the background it is supposed to set ends up being set for every line in which there is no text, while the lines that have text have an all black background.   This doesn't happen outside of screen or in other 256 color enabled terminals.

This happens with every theme that sets a background (or more specifically an off-black/dark-grey background.. i haven't tried a theme that tries another color background).

Last edited by scv5 (2009-06-20 20:15:35)

Mr.Elendig

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Re: [solved] vim color scheme not working in urxvt/screen

try TERM=xterm

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litemotiv

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Re: [solved] vim color scheme not working in urxvt/screen

add "term screen-256color" to your .screenrc, that's the cleanest approach

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anrxc

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Re: [solved] vim color scheme not working in urxvt/screen

add "term screen-256color" to your .screenrc, that's the cleanest approach

That probably won't be enough for urxvt, see this thread for more information http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50647

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scv5

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Re: [solved] vim color scheme not working in urxvt/screen

add "term screen-256color" to your .screenrc, that's the cleanest approach

that did it. thanks.