On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 10:23:09PM +0100, Nikolai Weibull wrote: > > Finally, t_Co is a bad measure. If you're not running xterm, t_Co is > > read directly from your termcap / terminfo files. The default terminfo > > files shipped with most distributions sets it to 8 colors. The user has > > to tweak a little to get 256 colors in Vim / Mutt / etc. > > This has actually changed a lot in recent versions of ncurses. There > are terminfo definitions for both xterm-256color and screen-256color > straight out of the box now.
Somehow xterm-256color never worked well for me. I either lose the mouse in some applications (which I don't mind so much), or have trouble with function / cursor keys, especially when I press them with a modifier (e.g. Control+Left/Right). :( GI -- APATHY ERROR: Don't bother striking any key. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
