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Troubleshooting Lack of Color in Vi

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jackpal edited this page Feb 19, 2013 · 4 revisions

Problem

Can't see colors when using a program like vi that is supposed to support colored output.

Possible Solutions

Perhaps your version of vi doesn't support colors.
Perhaps you don't have the $TERM environment variable set correctly. Do

$ echo $TERM

and see what it's set to. Try using the "Menu : Preferences : Terminal Type to cycle through the different choices.

You can verify that colors are working in Android Terminal Emulator by copying this file to your device and catting it:

https://raw.github.com/jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator/master/tests/controlSequences/256color.txt