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    Getting pseudo "256 colors" on Terminal.app on Snow Leopard

    These instructions do not make Terminal.app support 256 colors natively. If you want that, try iTerm.

    ir_black is the best Vim color scheme. Get it here: http://blog.infinitered.com/entries/show/8

    But, colors are jacked on Terminal.app on Snow Leopard. Here is how you fix it.

     

    • Install the latest version of SIMBL for Snow Leopard. http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php
    • Install this Snow Leopard 64 bit version of the TerminalColours plugin. http://github.com/timmfin/terminalcolours/raw/master/TerminalColours-SL-64bit.zip
    If have old version of TerminalColours install, they may conflict. Just remove them from:
    • /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins or
    • ~/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins

    You should see a "More . . ." button in your Terminal.app's preferences.

    terminalcolours_more_button

    colors

    Finally, if you have been starting up Terminal.app in 32 bit mode, you can stop doing that now.

     

    • 15 January 2010
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    about 2 years ago baldrailers responded:
    will this work in OSX 10.5 Leopard?
    about 2 years ago Fred Lee responded:
    Fred Lee
    @baldrallers: Yes. I believe so. I used to do the same thing prior to upgrading to Snow Leopard. I think the only difference is that you should install the non-64 bit version of SIMBL and the TerminalColours plugin.
    about 2 years ago Christopher Giroir responded:
    Christopher Giroir
    I assume this is just allowing you to select any color for the standard 16 in the terminal. I can't find any reference to 256 color in the terminal colors plugin page. The ir_black theme looks great but as far as I can tell from installing it, these plugins do not actually enable 256 color support in Terminal.app
    about 2 years ago Fred Lee responded:
    Fred Lee
    @kelsin5: I believe what you said is correct. After installing this, you should get a "More . . ." button in your Terminal.app's preferences.

    http://img.skitch.com/20100126-pp5fewecjwh855kbq1ine9dq4q.jpg

    When you click that, you should see this:

    http://img.skitch.com/20100126-rcrnkndjcrtmccubyygq8twihk.jpg

    about 2 years ago Christopher Giroir responded:
    Christopher Giroir
    @Fredlee yeah that's all working fine, no problems. The blog post title got me hoping for more.
    about 2 years ago Fred Lee responded:
    Fred Lee
    @kelsin5: ah, I see what you are saying. Blog title edited. Did not mean to mislead anyone.
    almost 2 years ago Steve responded:
    Hi, thanks for the solution. However, I followed the procedure and can now see "More" in the terminal. Still, my bash doesn't show any color. Do you happen to know why?

    Thanks,

    almost 2 years ago Fred Lee responded:
    Fred Lee
    @Steve: Did you change or edit your Terminal.app's theme?
    almost 2 years ago Fred Lee responded:
    Fred Lee
    @Steve: Or, in the alternative, did you make sure to set your .vimrc configurations correctly to use the ir_black color scheme?
    almost 2 years ago s1omo responded:
    Unfortunately Terminal doesn't support 256 colour's, with the above plugins it still only runs in 16 colour mode, you can use ir_black in it's most basic form. Run normal Vim (not MacVim or Gvim) install a 256 colour scheme and see what happens. iTerm supports 256 colours, to bad it's so dang slow.
    over 1 year ago Isaac Schlueter responded:
    Isaac Schlueter
    This plugin doesn't make Terminal support "256 color" mode in any meaningful sense.

    It just lets you select a different 16 colors to use for the standard set.

    This blog post is misleading and annoying. You should make it more clear that this is not referring to enabling "xterm-256color" mode.

    over 1 year ago Fred Lee responded:
    Fred Lee
    @isaac: post and title edited. However, I would disagree with your "in any meaningful sense" statement. It is useful for me. I use Terminal.app like this everyday. And, I am quite happy with it.

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