I have installed the latest version of iTerm2 and I have found that INSERT while inserting a file under vim is not showing on the screen. Also, I am not able to see parameters under top command.
Iterm2 Issue: “INSERT” not showing in VIM
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Apparently, removing set lines=40 does the trick. The manual says:
Number of lines of the Vim window.
Normally you don't need to set this. It is done automatically by the
terminal initialization code
so be careful when you copy-paste ready configs, as I did :)
Because set termguicolors in .vimrc is not set.
This is how I understand it; correct if I am wrong.
A terminal emulator may either use ANSI colors or the terminal's own color palette.
Mac's native Terminal can only achieve the former; iTerm2 can do both.
With termguicolors off, iTerm2 uses ANSI colors.
After termguicolors is set on, it uses its own GUI colors.
Colors becomes more vivid, as is in the screenshot.
Only when I converted to "solarized" color scheme did this suddenly occur to me. Still, you can see in the picture, it seems that newer version of iTerm2 has lighter color. Never mind. I am a "solarized" fan now.
Best Answer
That was the issue of the colour. I have previously changed the background colour to white Hence, it was not showing. I have changed the colour of the "BOLD" text to black and now I am able to see the
--- INSERT ---and the bold text on the TOP.Also, I have deleted all of the setting to check.
Ref: http://iterm2.com/faq.html