CL VIM: How to get 256 color support in Fedora 17 terminal?

Question

How do I enable 256 color support for VIM in the Fedora 17 terminal?

My .bashrc:

1 # .bashrc
2 
3 # Makes terminal default 256 Colors Include these lines in .bashrc
4 
5 export TERM=xterm-256color
6 
7 # User specific aliases and functions
8 
9 alias rm='rm -i'
10 alias cp='cp -i'
11 alias mv='mv -i'
12 
13 # Source global definitions
14 if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
15         . /etc/bashrc
16 fi
17

Tput colors return 8, I am using 256 jellybeans for vim color, it changes some of the colors, but does not nearly work as shown in the screenshot (due to the fact the terminal only supports 8 colors)

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This script is from Fedora Project site:

local256="$COLORTERM$XTERM_VERSION$ROXTERM_ID$KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION"

if [ -n "$local256" ] || [ -n "$SEND_256_COLORS_TO_REMOTE" ]; then

  case "$TERM" in
    'xterm') TERM=xterm-256color;;
    'screen') TERM=screen-256color;;
    'Eterm') TERM=Eterm-256color;;
  esac
  export TERM

  if [ -n "$TERMCAP" ] && [ "$TERM" = "screen-256color" ]; then
    TERMCAP=$(echo "$TERMCAP" | sed -e 's/Co#8/Co#256/g')
    export TERMCAP
  fi
fi

unset local256

To test:

tput colors

Output should be 256

Answer 2

I have this line in my .vimrc file:

set t_Co=256

Here is some additional information as well: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/256_colors_in_vim