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Asked: 2026-06-18T08:04:59+00:00

I am having trouble with my colorscheme in vim . When editing a file

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I am having trouble with my colorscheme in vim. When editing a file using a vim session started in GNU screen, the text background is not rendered correctly. In a session outside screen, the entire background is gray (how it should be). For a vim window inside screen, only the background directly behind the text appears gray. The rest is black.

I have TERM set to xterm-256color in both my .cshrc and .screenrc. My .vimrc has set t_Co=256

I am using csh.

Edit: I am connecting through cygwin.

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  1. Editorial Team

    [filling in for the OP, see the comment]

    The OP found the issue:

    I needed to have this set: 

    defbce "on"

    This forces background colours to refresh.

    “Change background-color-erase setting. If bce is set to “on”, all characters cleared by an erase/insert/scroll/clear operation will be displayed in the current background color. Otherwise the default background color is used.”

    – Ravi 19 hours ago

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