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