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How do you get color to show in iTerm2?

How do you get color to show in iTerm2 or in the terminal?

I managed to get my Vim editor to show color. Here's what I have in my .vimrc file.

set term=xterm-256color

color scheme evening

syntax enable

From my research, I think there might be something missing from the terminfo file but I have no idea what to do with that. I am using Mac OS X 10.9.1

Solution

  • I use VIM and iTerm 2 on OS X 10.9.1. In my .vimrc, I have the following (note that I'm using the molokai colorscheme, you would switch that with 'evening'):

    let &t_Co=256
colorscheme molokai
syntax on

    Those settings worked best for me. Those settings also resolved some issues I was having with colors while using VIM in a tmux session.

    Also, in iTerm's preferences, under Profile > Whatever Profile You're Using > Terminal, make sure "Report Terminal Type" is set to:

    screen-256color

    Hope that helps.