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| author | Dan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com> | 2023-04-26 12:12:26 -0400 |
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| committer | Dan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com> | 2023-04-26 12:12:26 -0400 |
| commit | 57e7ce5cd55d127bc33822318cd66b3b6a14f6ec (patch) | |
| tree | 84bb2341b11e4d92a8c257a2385bb20317917d1f | |
| parent | a1e55ecef39fc471377f94334724b4d18ea4aa39 (diff) | |
Move 24-bit color / truecolor tip out of tmux section
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/src/tips-and-tricks/24-bit-color-truecolor.md | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/src/tips-and-tricks/using-delta-with-tmux.md | 7 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/manual/src/tips-and-tricks/24-bit-color-truecolor.md b/manual/src/tips-and-tricks/24-bit-color-truecolor.md index 62c8f120..2c4094bf 100644 --- a/manual/src/tips-and-tricks/24-bit-color-truecolor.md +++ b/manual/src/tips-and-tricks/24-bit-color-truecolor.md @@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ Delta looks best if your terminal application supports 24 bit colors. See <https://github.com/termstandard/colors#readme>. For example, on MacOS, iTerm2 supports 24-bit colors but Terminal.app does not. If your terminal application does not support 24-bit color, delta will still work, by automatically choosing the closest color from those available. See the `Colors` section of the help output below. + +If 24-bit color is supported by your terminal emulator, then it should have set the `COLORTERM` env var to the value `truecolor` (or `24bit`). If necessary, you can explicitly enable true color, either by using `--true-color=always` or by adding the following to your configuration file: + +```gitconfig +[delta] + true-color = always +``` diff --git a/manual/src/tips-and-tricks/using-delta-with-tmux.md b/manual/src/tips-and-tricks/using-delta-with-tmux.md index 2a8e6501..4c02a97d 100644 --- a/manual/src/tips-and-tricks/using-delta-with-tmux.md +++ b/manual/src/tips-and-tricks/using-delta-with-tmux.md @@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ If you're using tmux, it's worth checking that 24 bit color is working correctly set -ga terminal-overrides ",xterm-256color:Tc" ``` -and you may then need to quit tmux completely for it to take effect. Note that you may need to explicitly enable true color, either by using `--true-color=always` or by adding the following to your configuration file: +and you may then need to quit tmux completely for it to take effect. -```gitconfig -[delta] - true-color = always -``` +If colors look wrong, then see the page on [truecolor/24-bit color](./24-bit-color-truecolor.md) to ensure that this is working correctly. |