Changes: Using vim color schemes with Putty

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created June 29, 2008 · complexity basic · author Timkebox · version 7.0

I am using PuTTY in Windows to access a Unix box, and the Terminal-type string in PuTTY is set to xterm. I wanted to use Vim's color schemes. I tried many different things with no decent result until I found the following code in Vim's help. After inserting the following lines in my vimrc, I was able to use all the color schemes defined by Vim.

For a 16-color display:

if has("terminfo")
  let &t_Co=16
  let &t_AB="\<Esc>[%?%p1%{8}%<%t%p1%{40}%+%e%p1%{92}%+%;%dm"
  let &t_AF="\<Esc>[%?%p1%{8}%<%t%p1%{30}%+%e%p1%{82}%+%;%dm"
else
  let &t_Co=16
  let &t_Sf="\<Esc>[3%dm"
  let &t_Sb="\<Esc>[4%dm"
endif

:help xfree-xterm

For an 8-color display:

if &term =~ "xterm"
  if has("terminfo")
    let &t_Co=8
    let &t_Sf="\<Esc>[3%p1%dm"
    let &t_Sb="\<Esc>[4%p1%dm"
  else
    let &t_Co=8
    let &t_Sf="\<Esc>[3%dm"
    let &t_Sb="\<Esc>[4%dm"
  endif
endif

Comments

TO DO

Can the <Esc> note above be avoided? If not, add note about Ctrl-Q.
I've modified the tip to avoid it now by using let not set, but I can't test

it. Could somebody else test and remove these comments?

@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 <pre>
 if has("terminfo")
-  set t_Co=16
+  let &t_Co=16
-  set t_AB=<Esc>[%?%p1%{8}%<%t%p1%{40}%+%e%p1%{92}%+%;%dm
+  let &t_AB="\<Esc>[%?%p1%{8}%<%t%p1%{40}%+%e%p1%{92}%+%;%dm"
-  set t_AF=<Esc>[%?%p1%{8}%<%t%p1%{30}%+%e%p1%{82}%+%;%dm
+  let &t_AF="\<Esc>[%?%p1%{8}%<%t%p1%{30}%+%e%p1%{82}%+%;%dm"
 else
-  set t_Co=16
+  let &t_Co=16
-  set t_Sf=<Esc>[3%dm
+  let &t_Sf="\<Esc>[3%dm"
-  set t_Sb=<Esc>[4%dm
+  let &t_Sb="\<Esc>[4%dm"
 endif
 </pre>
+{{help|xfree-xterm}}
-''Note that '''<Esc>''' is a real escape, type '''Ctrl-V Esc''' when you enter lines''. {{help|xfree-xterm}}
 For an 8-color display:
@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
 if &term =~ "xterm"
   if has("terminfo")
-    set t_Co=8
+    let &t_Co=8
-    set t_Sf=<Esc>[3%p1%dm
+    let &t_Sf="\<Esc>[3%p1%dm"
-    set t_Sb=<Esc>[4%p1%dm
+    let &t_Sb="\<Esc>[4%p1%dm"
   else
-    set t_Co=8
+    let &t_Co=8
-    set t_Sf=<Esc>[3%dm
+    let &t_Sf="\<Esc>[3%dm"
-    set t_Sb=<Esc>[4%dm
+    let &t_Sb="\<Esc>[4%dm"
   endif
 endif
@@ Line 46: / Line 46: @@
 {{Todo}}
 *Can the <Esc> note above be avoided? If not, add note about Ctrl-Q.
+*I've modified the tip to avoid it now by using let not set, but I can't test
+it. Could somebody else test and remove these comments?