On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 01:18:32PM -0400, Matt Wozniski wrote: > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Taylor Venable wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 07:51:21PM -0700, Gary Johnson wrote: > >> On 2009-04-02, Taylor Venable wrote: > >> > I have an xterm compiled with 256 color support. ??In Vim 7.2.88 after > >> > it loads up I can do :set t_Co to find that 256 color support is being > >> > found correctly (TERM = xterm-color). ??However, I cannot figure out > >> > how to determine whether 256 colors are supported on startup, as the > >> > value of t_Co is 8 at the time my .vimrc is loaded. > >> > > >> > I've tried a few autocommands, such as VimEnter and TermChanged but > >> > the value of t_Co in both of them is still 8, rather than the 256 I > >> > expect. ??At what point does t_Co get set to reflect the capabilities > >> > of the terminal, and how can I detect it during startup? > >> > >> If you want Vim to know > >> that your terminal supports 256 colors, perhaps you should set TERM > >> to "xterm-256color". > > > > I should also note that I get exactly the same behaviour when I have > > TERM set to xterm-256color, that is that t_Co is 8 while loading > > .vimrc but 256 after it goes interactive (when I can check it with > > ':set t_Co'). > > tput -Txterm-256color colors > TERM=xterm-256color vim --cmd 'echomsg &t_Co' --cmd q
Both print 8. Another thing I don't understand, although this may be the wrong forum for this question, is why xterm-256color claims that it handles only 8 colors. My termcap file breaks down to this: xterm-256color Co#256 tc=xterm-xfree86 xterm-xfree86 tc=xterm-basic xterm-basic Co#8 Shouldn't the Co#256 in xterm-256color override that in xterm-basic? -- Taylor Christopher Venable http://real.metasyntax.net:2357/ How many shells could Shell sort sort if Shell sort could sort shells? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
