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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:45:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Laran Evans <lc278 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: More robust color terminal
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On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Laran Evans wrote:

> So, I'm working with 8 colors in my rxvt terminal. It seems that's all
> that's available. Where this really becomes a drag is when trying to
> apply different color themes in Vim. Most light colored themes all look
> the same, with colors reducing to the 8 available.
>
> So, my question is this: Can I use some different option to get a more
> robust color terminal?
>
> My Cygwin.bat currently looks like this:
>
> @echo off
> C:
> chdir C:\Cygwin\bin
> C:\Cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e bash --login -i
>
> Any suggestions?

Both rxvt and the cmd.exe window only support 16 colors.  I guess you
could run X and use an xterm (which should support 256 colors, IIRC).

Alternatively, you could compile (and, hopefully, contribute) gvim. :-)
	Igor
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