LinuxQuestions.org - gnu screen won't do 256 colors with xterm, rxvt, mrxvt

Hi folks!

I've just started using GNU screen -- wow! Only problem is, I can't figure out how to get 256 color support. I'm running it on mrxvt, and when I "tic mrxvt.terminfo" as recommended, I do get 256 colors on mrxvt. But within screen, no joy.

Here's my .screenrc. It's basically the default Slackware .screenrc, plus a few suggested lines I insered and then commented out when they didn't work. I wouldn't mind switching to another terminal if necessary to get this to work--I really want 256 colors on Vim within screen--but neither xterm nor rxvt seemed to work either.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Code:

#

# Example of a user's .screenrc file

#



# This is how one can set a reattach password:

# password ODSJQf.4IJN7E    # "1234"



# no annoying audible bell, please

vbell on



# detach on hangup

autodetach on



# don't display the copyright page

startup_message off



# emulate .logout message

pow_detach_msg "Screen session of \$LOGNAME \$:cr:\$:nl:ended."



# advertise hardstatus support to $TERMCAP

# termcapinfo  * '' 'hs:ts=\E_:fs=\E\\:ds=\E_\E\\'



# make the shell in every window a login shell

#shell -$SHELL



# autoaka testing

# shellaka '> |tcsh'

# shellaka '$ |sh'



# set every new windows hardstatus line to somenthing descriptive

# defhstatus "screen: ^En (^Et)"



defscrollback 1000



# don't kill window after the process died

# zombie "^["



# enable support for the "alternate screen" capability in all windows

# altscreen on



################

#

# xterm tweaks

#



#xterm understands both im/ic and doesn't have a status line.

#Note: Do not specify im and ic in the real termcap/info file as

#some programs (e.g. vi) will not work anymore.

termcap  xterm hs@:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:im=\E[4h:ei=\E[4l

terminfo xterm hs@:cs=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr:im=\E[4h:ei=\E[4l



#80/132 column switching must be enabled for ^AW to work

#change init sequence to not switch width

termcapinfo  xterm Z0=\E[?3h:Z1=\E[?3l:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;4;6l



# Make the output buffer large for (fast) xterms.

#termcapinfo xterm* OL=10000

termcapinfo xterm* OL=100



# tell screen that xterm can switch to dark background and has function

# keys.

termcapinfo xterm 'VR=\E[?5h:VN=\E[?5l'

termcapinfo xterm 'k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~'

termcapinfo xterm 'kh=\EOH:kI=\E[2~:kD=\E[3~:kH=\EOF:kP=\E[5~:kN=\E[6~'



# special xterm hardstatus: use the window title.

termcapinfo xterm 'hs:ts=\E]2;:fs=\007:ds=\E]2;screen\007'



#terminfo xterm 'vb=\E[?5h$<200/>\E[?5l'

termcapinfo xterm 'vi=\E[?25l:ve=\E[34h\E[?25h:vs=\E[34l'



# emulate part of the 'K' charset

termcapinfo  xterm 'XC=K%,%\E(B,[\304,\\\\\326,]\334,{\344,|\366,}\374,~\337'



# xterm-52 tweaks:

# - uses background color for delete operations

termcapinfo xterm* be



################

#

# wyse terminals

#



#wyse-75-42 must have flow control (xo = "terminal uses xon/xoff")

#essential to have it here, as this is a slow terminal.

termcapinfo wy75-42 xo:hs@



# New termcap sequences for cursor application mode.

termcapinfo wy* CS=\E[?1h:CE=\E[?1l:vi=\E[?25l:ve=\E[?25h:VR=\E[?5h:VN=\E[?5l:cb=\E[1K:CD=\E[1J



################

#

# other terminals

#



# make hp700 termcap/info better

termcapinfo  hp700 'Z0=\E[?3h:Z1=\E[?3l:hs:ts=\E[62"p\E[0$~\E[2$~\E[1$}:fs=\E[0}\E[61"p:ds=\E[62"p\E[1$~\E[61"p:ic@'



# Extend the vt100 desciption by some sequences.

termcap  vt100* ms:AL=\E[%dL:DL=\E[%dM:UP=\E[%dA:DO=\E[%dB:LE=\E[%dD:RI=\E[%dC

terminfo vt100* ms:AL=\E[%p1%dL:DL=\E[%p1%dM:UP=\E[%p1%dA:DO=\E[%p1%dB:LE=\E[%p1%dD:RI=\E[%p1%dC

termcapinfo linux C8

# old rxvt versions also need this

# termcapinfo rxvt C8



#BILL: trying to fix rxvt

#termcap  xterm 'AF=\E[3%dm:AB=\E[4%dm'

#terminfo xterm 'AF=\E[3%p1%dm:AB=\E[4%p1%dm'





###############

# # 256 colours #

#  ###############

#

#.. __: http://frexx.de/xterm-256-notes/

#



# terminfo and termcap for nice 256 color terminal

# allow bold colors - necessary for some reason

#attrcolor b ".I"

# tell screen how to set colors. AB=background, AF=foreground

#termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'

# erase background with current bg color

#defbce "on"



################

#

# keybindings

#



#remove some stupid / dangerous key bindings

bind k

bind ^k

bind .

bind ^\

bind \\

bind ^h

bind h

#make them better

bind 'K' kill

bind 'I' login on

bind 'O' login off

bind '}' history



# Yet another hack:

# Prepend/append register [/] to the paste if ^a^] is pressed.

# This lets me have autoindent mode in vi.

register [ "\033:se noai\015a"

register ] "\033:se ai\015a"

bind ^] paste [.]



################

#

# default windows

#



# BILL modifications:

#

#screen -t bash 0 

#screen -t mail 1 mutt

screen -t vim 2 vim

#screen -t browser 3 elinks

#screen -t music 4 cmus

#screen -t mc 5 mc



# BILL: I don't care for ^A, even with CapsLock.

bindkey ^H command



bind . select bash

bind , select vim





# screen -t 40 2 rlogin server



# caption always "%3n %t%? @%u%?%? [%h]%?%=%c"

# hardstatus alwaysignore

# hardstatus alwayslastline "%Lw"



# bind = resize =

# bind + resize +1

# bind - resize -1

# bind _ resize max

#

# defnonblock 1

# blankerprg rain -d 100

# idle 30 blanker