Operator Mono w/ Italics on OSX VIm

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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)

2. 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

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Operator Mono w/ Italics on OSX Vim

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

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

nvm. figured it out.

@adamki what did you do?

@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.

@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.

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.

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

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