# HOWTO: OSX + iTerm + screen + vim + 256 colors

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/howto-osx-iterm-screen-vim-256-colors/142654>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 10, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/howto-osx-iterm-screen-vim-256-colors/142654 "2008-07-10T02:33:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phallstrom)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/howto-osx-iterm-screen-vim-256-colors/142654/1 "2008-07-10T02:33:32Z")

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Hi all -

I realize I’m probably one of the few that doesn’t use Textmate on  
OSX, but I’m hoping there are a couple of folks out there that might  
find this useful.

If you use OSX + iTerm + screen + vim and want 256 color theme support  
the following should help get you there.

[http://pjkh.com/articles/osx-iterm-screen-vim-256-colors.html](http://pjkh.com/articles/osx-iterm-screen-vim-256-colors.html)

Thanks -philip