Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of VimSupport

Timestamp:

07/02/12 22:34:58 (12 years ago)

Author:

nerdzero

Comment:

Added blurb about enabling 256 color support.

VimSupport

@@ -25 +25 @@
 Open or create a file with a '''.cobra''' extension and you will have highlighting and indentation for Cobra
 
-If you use a dark background, you can try the cobra color scheme.
+If you use a dark background, you can try the cobra color scheme.  Execute the following command while in Vim.
 {{{
 :colorscheme cobra
@@ -42 +42 @@
 }}}
 
+If the color schemes don't seem to be working then your terminal may not support all necessary colors.  Check the value of your TERM variable by executing
+{{{
+echo $TERM
+}}}
+at the command prompt.  If it reports ''xterm'' then you can try the following to enable color support.
+{{{
+export TERM=xterm-256color
+}}}
+
+If the colors show up correctly now you can add that line to your ''.bashrc'' file.  This was tested on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and 10.04 LTS.
+
 == All Users ==
 For all users use your system admin privileges to copy the ''indent/cobra.vim'', ''ftdetect/cobra.vim'', ''syntax/cobra.vim'', into Vim's ''indent'', ''ftdetect'', and ''syntax'' directories, respectively. These directories are found in the Vim home path. An example of such a Vim path is ''/usr/share/vim/vim72''.