256 colors in putty, tmux/screen and vim

256 colors.md

#256 colors in putty, tmux/screen and vim There is a detailed answer on stackoverflow. If you are looking for a short one, here it is.

• putty

  Set Connection -> Data -> Terminal-type string to xterm-256color

• tmux

  Add this line to ~/.tmux.conf

  set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
  

• screen

  Add this line to ~/.screenrc

  term "screen-256color"
  

• vim

  Add these lines to ~/.vimrc

  if &term == "screen"
    set t_Co=256
  endif
  

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