VIM Colorschemes in Screen & PuTTy?

Question

Hey guys

I've been trying to get colourschemes to work properly in VIM when using it over ssh with PuTTy as a client but unfortunately I haven't had much success. I can only get 8bit colours working with PuTTY even though I've enabled 256 colors in putty and set t_Co=256 in VIM. They don't turn out as they should. I've been trying to replicate this setup http://www.interworksinc.com/blogs/ckaukis/2009/06/03/vim-color-schemes-putty but as I say it's been in vain so far.

Has anyone here had success with colourschemes working with VIM in PuTTy? I'd appreciate any advice

Thanks,

Patrick

[EDIT] Turns out I've found the source of the problem. I was using vim in a screen which was breaking the colours. Updated question I guess is, is it possible to have working colors in a screen session? [/EDIT]

Answer 1

Yes, you can do 256 colours with screen, however, this option usually isn't compiled in. Simply compile screen yourself with:

--enable-colors256

Alternatively, you could get a tabbed PuTTy. It has the advantage of ctrl-a going to the beginning of the line, and saves you from many termcap headaches. However, if you like to reconnect to your screen sessions from multiple terminals, there really isn't anything better than screen for the job.

NB. This question probably belongs on Superuser.