On Thursday, November 23, 2017 at 2:52:37 PM UTC-7, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > Jeremy Armstrong wrote: > > > Is it possible to preserve coloring from the shell (seen in TERMINAL mode) > > when in TERMINAL-NORMAL mode? > > e.g. > > 1. In TERMINAL mode (with an interactive shell) issue 'ls --color' and > > notice the colorized output > > 2. <c-\><c-n> and notice the SHELL's coloring is lost > > Doesn't happen for me, color remains. >
Sorry, I should have tested with '-u NONE', ft was getting set to text. It works now, thanks. > > Also, is it possible to see vim's :hls highlighting from TERMINAL mode in > > TERMINAL-NORMAL mode? > > e.g. > > 1. in TERMINAL-NORMAL mode do ':set hls ' then search for a string that > > gets highlighted > > 2. <c-n><c-\> and notice the search string is no longer highlighted > > I assume you use "a" here to go back to Terminal-Job mode. Yes. > > Once you are back in Terminal-Job mode the window will display the > contents of the terminal. It would be confusing if mixing with other > highlighting. > How about a setting for this? Something like ':set keeptermhls' that defaults to 0? Konsole has persistent search highlighting ( <ctrl-shift-f> ...search string... <esc> ) and it is very useful for watching for important strings scroll by in stuff like strace output or 'tail -f /var/log/syslog' etc. Therefore, this feature in terminal mode vim could be greatly appreciated by people who prefer lightweight systems. > -- > The startling truth finally became apparent, and it was this: Numbers > written on restaurant checks within the confines of restaurants do not follow > the same mathematical laws as numbers written on any other pieces of paper in > any other parts of the Universe. This single statement took the scientific > world by storm. So many mathematical conferences got held in such good > restaurants that many of the finest minds of a generation died of obesity and > heart failure, and the science of mathematics was put back by years. > -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" > > /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ > /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ > \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// > \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// Thanks for implementing terminal mode vim! -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
