256 color support for vim background in tmux
Problem
while using vim within tmux I can see that 256 color support is enabled. with $tput colors However changing the colorscheme in vim while in tmux will change the colorscheme on a per line basis but not the entire background. see screenshot Here is a snippet of the my .vimrc file for example. My original colorscheme is solarized dark and then after running :colorscheme molokai you see what happens. info gnome-terminal bash in my ~/.tmux.conf in my ~/.vimrc in my ~/.bashrc in my ~/.profile Any ideas how I can get a full colorscheme change in vim? Are all my snippets from the files looking good?
Error Output
set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
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Fix for: 256 color support for vim background in tmux
From the look of your .bashrc and .profile, the shells inside tmux are overriding the 'default-terminal' setting in your tmux conf. Something like this: tmux creates new shell with .bashrc/.profile run, set vim runs, tries to use incorrect TERM for tmux you can check this by running in a fresh tmux shell. Tmux is relatively picky about having a terminal set correctly. If you can, set the term value in gnome-terminal's configuration, not in your .bashrc. Failing that, surround those settings wit…
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