Honestly, I like Apple's Terminal.app better as well, but if I'm doing a lot of work in vim from the mac (normally I'm on a linux box), I like to have my color scheme (requires 256 color support) and mouse support. If Apple would just add those to Terminal.app, I don't think I'd ever use iTerm :)
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:46 PM, John Vonachen <[email protected]>wrote: > > > 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 > -- 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
