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    Tmux TrueColor (a.k.a. 24-bit color) Support

Prerequisites

To enable TrueColor for Tmux, you must make sure that you have two things:

Tmux version 2.2 or higher. You can find out your version by running
tmux -V
You have a terminal that supports TrueColor (it may also be referenced by
24 bit color. To check if you do, run

  curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JohnMorales/dotfiles/master/colors/24-bit-color.sh | bash

Testing TrueColor

Now that you have that done, you can enable TrueColor.

Run echo $TERM in your terminal. It should get you something like this:
xterm-termite. Whatever you do get, remember it for later.
To test it, enter Tmux, and run
tmux set-option -ga terminal-overrides ",xterm-termite:24-bit-color"
Now, if TrueColor is set up correctly, you should see a smooth transition
between the colors.

Saving changes

If all checks out, the only thing left to do is save it.
If you have not done so already, create a .tmux.conf file in your home directory (~)
Put this in the file
set -g default-terminal "xterm-termite"

Of course, replace xterm-termite with whatever output you got from echo $TERM.