startup_message off termcapinfo xterm 'hs:ts=\E]2;:fs=\007:ds=\E]2;screen\007:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm' nonblock on obuflimit 12000 altscreen on # terminfo and termcap for nice 256 color terminal # allow bold colors - necessary for some reason attrcolor b ".I" # tell screen how to set colors. AB = background, AF=foreground #termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm' # erase background with current bg color defbce "on" term screen-256color