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

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.

Jan 20, 2010

baldrailers said...

will this work in OSX 10.5 Leopard?

Fred Lee said...

@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.

Jan 26, 2010

kelsin5 said...

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

@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

@Fredlee yeah that's all working fine, no problems. The blog post title got me hoping for more.

@kelsin5: ah, I see what you are saying. Blog title edited. Did not mean to mislead anyone.

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

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