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Operator Mono w/ Italics on OSX VIm

You Want This - but on Vim

Read on to find out to how to get it.

First

Get Operator Mono

Second

  1. Create a file named xterm-256color-italic.terminfo in your home directory (or wherever)
  1. Run the install (below) with tic
let &t_ZH="\e[3m"
let &t_ZR="\e[23m"

xterm-256color-italic|xterm with 256 colors and italic,
	sitm=\E[3m, ritm=\E[23m,
	use=xterm-256color,
#
# Install:
#
#   tic xterm-256color-italic.terminfo
#
# Usage:
#
#   export TERM=xterm-256color-italic
#

Third

Change your iTerm terminal type to match the variable created above

Fourth

Open up your init.vim/.vimrc and add the following

(Note that you don't need to use OceanicNext, but I recommend that color scheme.)

    colorscheme OceanicNext
    hi htmlArg gui=italic
    hi Comment gui=italic
    hi Type    gui=italic
    hi htmlArg cterm=italic
    hi Comment cterm=italic
    hi Type    cterm=italic

Operator Mono w/ Italics on OSX Vim

@adamki
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adamki commented May 24, 2017

Im a bit confused by step 2. can you clarify?

i've made a file. specifically confused what to do next.

@adamki
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adamki commented May 24, 2017

nvm. figured it out.

@philipobenito
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@adamki what did you do?

@brentdodell
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brentdodell commented Jul 24, 2017

@Has anyone used this recently? I'm getting the following errors on macOS Sierra v10.12.5:

"xterm-256color-italic.terminfo", line 1, col 18: whitespace in name or alias field
"xterm-256color-italic.terminfo", line 2, col 19, terminal 'let &t_ZH="e[3m"': whitespace in name or alias field

As far as I can tell, there is no whitespace there.

@kuiro5
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kuiro5 commented Aug 21, 2017

@brentdodell, @philipobenito try just this:

xterm-256color-italic|xterm with 256 colors and italic,
  sitm=\E[3m, ritm=\E[23m,
  use=xterm-256color,

You will also have to manually type xterm-256color-italic in "Report Terminal Type" in iTerm, it probably won't show up as an option in the autocomplete.

@hew
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hew commented Sep 20, 2018

You will also have to manually type xterm-256color-italic in "Report Terminal Type" in iTerm, it probably won't show up as an option in the autocomplete.

Yes this is the key missing instruction from the original post.

@eshack94
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Does this still work in December 2019 on Mac OS X Catalina?

@hew
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hew commented Dec 31, 2019

@eshack94 It should. Let me know if it doesn't work. I'll try and help.

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