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I have defined
urxvt*color0: #000000
urxvt*color8: #777777
in my $HOME/.Xdefault. Using vim (console not gvim), this gives me a light grey for strings in bash scripts when I use urxvt. Now, if I start GNU screen and edit the same file with vim, all strings are now black. This is a problem since I use revese video (white text on black background for my terminal). The TERM is the same in both instances (xterm).
Is this a vim or screen issue? More importantly, how do I solve it?
After bhinesley reply put me on the right tracks, the solution was to add
set t_Co=256
to my $HOME/.vimrc. Also, I have the following set for my TERM variable:
screen-256color
xterm-256color
for screen and urxvt console.
AHA, thanks. This has pointed me in the right direction. It was neither screen (worked fine) nor vim (worked fine) but my own broken colour theme. I shall fix that. Thanks. – Sardathrion - against SE abuse – 2011-08-22T17:45:38.887