Comment 22 for bug 87966

dj3 thanks a lot.
That worked out real nice.

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:55 AM, dj3 <email address hidden> wrote:

> In Ubuntu 256 colors are not enabled by default, sorry. Here is how I
> did it: install the "ncurses-term" package and than put the line "export
> TERM=xterm-256color" in your .bashrc file. Log out, log in. Now you
> should get in any terminal (gnome, xterm):
>
> ~$ tput colors
> 256
>
> I don't see any bugs.
>
> --
> GNU Screen: 256 colors not enabled
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/87966
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> Status in “screen” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: screen
>
> I was playing with Vim's 256 color capabilities and I found out that they
> won't work in (GNU) screen. That's very sad, because I run most things on
> top of screen.
>
> Some googling pointed me to a few directions:
> http://frexx.de/xterm-256-notes/
> http://www.jukie.net/~bart/blog/20060824224842<http://www.jukie.net/%7Ebart/blog/20060824224842>
>
> I followed the suggestions in the latter link and compiled screen myself
> with:
> --enable-colors256
>
> In fact it's just a matter of uncommenting a line in ./debian/rules
>
> I wonder if we can update screen to come with this option by default, since
> xterm already uses it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> PS: By the way, if you like Vim, check inkpot. It's a sweet color scheme.
> You'll probably understand why I'm making this request. : )
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