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diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt index dabf488465..cc4f441639 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt @@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ are always available and may be used simultaneously in separate plugins. The `neovim` pip package must be installed to use Python plugins in Nvim (see |provider-python|). +Because of general |256-color| usage whereever possible, Nvim will even use +256-colour capability on Linux virtual terminals. Vim uses only 8 colours +plus bright foreground on Linux VTs. + |:!| does not support "interactive" commands. Use |:terminal| instead. (GUI Vim has a similar limitation, see ":help gui-pty" in Vim.) @@ -281,6 +285,11 @@ Nvim does not have special `t_XX` options nor <t_XX> keycodes to configure terminal capabilities. Instead Nvim treats the terminal as any other UI. For example, 'guicursor' sets the terminal cursor style if possible. + *termcap* +Nvim never uses the termcap database and only uses |terminfo|. See +|builtin-terms| for what happens on operating systems without a terminfo +database. + *xterm-8bit* *xterm-8-bit* Xterm can be run in a mode where it uses true 8-bit CSI. Supporting this requires autodetection of whether the terminal is in UTF-8 mode or non-UTF-8 |