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created June 17, 2004 · complexity intermediate · author Michael Hofmann · version 6.0
To get 16 background colors in a linux framebuffer console to achieve an appearance like in a 16 color xterm, place the following in your vimrc (you have to use a real escape character instead of <Esc>, try something like <Ctrl-V><Esc>):
if &term =~ "linux" if has("terminfo") set t_Co=16 " We use the blink attribute for bright background (console_codes(4)) and the " bold attribute for bright foreground. The redefinition of t_AF is necessary " for bright "Normal" highlighting to not influence the rest. set t_AB=<Esc>[%?%p1%{7}%>%t5%p1%{8}%-%e25%p1%;m<Esc>[4%dm set t_AF=<Esc>[%?%p1%{7}%>%t1%p1%{8}%-%e22%p1%;m<Esc>[3%dm endif endif
Pseudo code for the terminfo entry:
if bgcol > 7 blink = on (<Esc>[5m) bgcolor = bgcol - 8 (<Esc>[4...m) else blink = off (<Esc>[25m) bgcolor = bgcol end if fgcol > 7 bold = on (<Esc>[1m) fgcolor = fgcol - 8 (<Esc>[3...m) else bold = off (<Esc>[22m) fgcolor = fgcol end