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created August 23, 2006 · complexity basic · author lpenz · version n/a
xterm and most other modern terminal emulaters support 256 colors, you can use a script to check if your terminal supports 256 colors.
To enable 256 colors in vim, put this your .vimrc before setting the colorscheme:
set t_Co=256
You may also need to add:
set t_AB=^[[48;5;%dm set t_AF=^[[38;5;%dm
Your colors should at least look a little different. For full effect, use a colorscheme that supports 256 colors like desert256 (script#1243), inkpot (script#1143) or gardener (script#1348).