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The Cygwin native terminal emulator `mintty` is supported by Cygwin default 
`ncurses`/`terminfo` installs:

$ TERM=mintty tput colors
256

On 2024-04-12 07:27, Thomas Wolff via Cygwin wrote:
> Am 12.04.2024 um 11:18 schrieb Lee via Cygwin:
>> On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 4:05 AM J M  wrote:
>>> Some examples that I view that can do Cygwin better by default:
>>>
>>> tput colors
>>> 8
>>>
>>> echo $TERM
>>> xterm
>> I made my mintty changes by point & click experimentation - if you
>> want to make system-wide changes the place to do that is in
>> /etc/minttyrc
>>    https://github.com/mintty/mintty/wiki/Tips
>>    Configuring mintty
>>    For its configuration, it reads configuration files in this order:
>>        /etc/minttyrc
>>        ... etc.
>>
>> $ grep -i term .minttyrc
>> Term=xterm-256color
>>
>> $ tput colors
>> 256
>>
>> $ echo $TERM
>> xterm-256color

> Note that mintty always supports all modes, including 256 colours and
> true-color (TERM=xterm-direct), regardless of the TERM setting or the
> $TERM environment value. That value is only used by some applications
> (like tput and apparently vim) as an indication which features to use.
> Thomas

>>> And if use vim, comparing with one Ubuntu terminal:
>>>
>>> I need to set "set mouse-=a" because the copy paste is difficult.
>>> The colors are very bright.
>>> The cursor does not look good when doing a search and moves over the yellow
>>> background text.
>>>
>>> What settings would I need to make it look like Ubuntu's vim?
>> I'd suggest doing a 'man vim' to find out where all the possible
>> configuration files are & then copy them to your cygwin machine.

>>> El jue., 11 abr. 2024 14:36, J M  escribió:
>>>> You can change in the initial install setup of Cygwin to set the default
>>>> terminal to 256 color as Ubuntu does?

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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