lose vim colorscheme in tmux mode

iterm, macos, tmux, vim

Solution

I had the same problem. Only difference was I am using `solarize` rather then `molokai`.

To fix the issue, I have set up an alias in `~/.bashrc`:

alias tmux="TERM=screen-256color-bce tmux"

And set up the `default-terminal` option in `~/.tmux.conf`:

set -g default-terminal "xterm"

Lastly, do `$ source ~/.bashrc` to load new alias.

Problem

I'm running iterm2 and when I'm in tmux mode the colorscheme I have set in vim does not show up. Only the color scheme I've set in iterm. If I run vim from shell the colorscheme appears correct - its only when I'm in tmux mode. I've tried setting `:colorscheme molokai` when in vim (see screenshot below) and it doesn't change - again, the default colorscheme for iterm2 remains. Am I missing some setting to iterm or tmux.conf? My dotfles are up on github here.

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