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Vim colors in tty terminal

I was wondering how can I make vim custom colorschemes to work in tty terminals with 8 colors (the ctrl+alt+fx one).

I'm using molokai theme for vim (code here)

Right now, when I open vim in tty, it appears only as light blue instead of 8 colors, if I select molokai..

It was working yesterday, but I think I changed some file and I messed it up.

So, tell me please what should I do to fix this.

Thanks in advance!

PS: I don't keep every file under git. So probably I erased something which was not.

Solution

  • You'll need to duplicate the "256 colors" block:

    if &t_Co > 255
    " color definitions
endif

    in order to create an "8 colors" block:

    if &t_Co == 8
    " color definitions
endif

    and edit every color value in that new block according to :h cterm-colors.

    Good luck.