Updates color information in tmux based on advice in vim help syntax.txt file

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tmux.conf b/tmux.conf
index cc96c17..fea2b69 100644
--- a/tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # unbind some default keybindings
 unbind C-b
 
+
 #set-option -sa terminal-features ',screen-256color:RGB'
 set-option -g focus-events on
 
@@ -22,10 +23,13 @@ set-option -g status-interval 60
 # lower command delay
 set -sg escape-time 1
 
-# force tmux to use xterm
 #set -g default-terminal "xterm-256color"
 #set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
-set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
+#set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
+
+# check :h syntax.txt in vim for why
+set -s default-terminal "tmux-256color"
+set -as terminal-overrides ",*-256color:Tc"
 
 # set from advice in neovim :checkhealth
 #set-option -sa terminal-overrides ',screen-256color:RGB'