On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Kyle Lippincott <[email protected]>wrote:
> This typically indicates that TERM is not set properly. I assume you use > Terminal.app, bash, and the default 10.5 or 10.6 ssh. This should > automatically get you a 16-color terminal. In vim on the Centos box, what > do you get when you run: ":set t_Co?" What about ":set term?" Try setting > t_Co to be 8 (it will use bold to simulate 16, which you can configure in > Terminal.app's settings): ":set t_Co=8". > > Ensure of course that you have a color scheme and syntax file set: ":set > ft?" to determine if the filetype was identified correctly, and ":color > koehler" should work on a low-color terminal. > > If you were to use iTerm2 you would be able to have 256 colors, but that > probably involves a bit more setup than the simple case listed above. > > > I typed vim instead of vi. That was it. We aparently have more than one version of vi and one worked and the other did not. Thanks for your efforts. BTW - I downloaded iterm2 and tried it out and I think I like the normal Terminal better. -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
