Re: Custom highlight color outside the 16-set cterm palette?

On 16.04.25 08:01, Steven H. wrote:

> I would like to use '#222222' instead of 'black' for background

> *without* that affecting any other color in the color scheme.

>

> How can I do that?

For nearly 40 years now, I've used the multitudinous *term colours,

which remain in effect in vi/vim, mutt, etc. In that time, I've stuck

with:

-fg yellow -bg darkslategrey -cr red

as it's very restful on the eyes, and a simple way to set the

background colour.

There's 754 colours in my /etc/X11/rgb.txt, but 782 in

/usr/share/vim/vim81/rgb.txt , maybe more in a more current version. And I guess you could add your own, if needed.

But I change the cursor colour in vim, using its limited palette, to

differentiate insert vs normal mode at the cursor, not just the status

line.

"MODE-INDICATING TRICOLOUR CURSOR:

"Appearance: (Insert_Mode = Red, Replace Mode = Purple, Normal_Mode = Green)

if &term =~ "xterm"

let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]12;red\x7"

let &t_SR = "\<Esc>]12;purple\x7"

let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]12;green\x7"

endif

Admittedly, it's not tested with every terminal variant out there. Now that xterms support utf8, I've no need for odd ones.

Erik

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