Re: Custom highlight color outside the 16-set cterm palette?

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:10:05 +0000 dvalin via vim_use wrote:

> There's 754 colours in my /etc/X11/rgb.txt, but 782 in
> /usr/share/vim/vim81/rgb.txt , maybe more in a more current version.

Here:

find /usr/share/vim/ -name 'rgb.txt'

shows me nothing.

> And I guess you could add your own, if needed.
> But I change the cursor colour in vim, using its limited palette, to
> differentiate insert vs normal mode at the cursor, not just the status
> line.
>
> "MODE-INDICATING TRICOLOUR CURSOR:
>
> "Appearance: (Insert_Mode = Red, Replace Mode = Purple, Normal_Mode = Green)
>
> if &term =~ "xterm"
> let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]12;red\x7"
> let &t_SR = "\<Esc>]12;purple\x7"
> let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]12;green\x7"
> endif

where do I type this? And how does it affect the color of tab indents?

I hope you can clarify. I am not an expert.
FWIW, I am using desert colorscheme.

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