patch 8.0.1071: putty-color and cygwin-color are not recognized commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c6da01a5b8efe9ca4931074c0cf2189d357707a2 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Sep 7 22:37:36 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.1071: putty-color and cygwin-color are not recognized Problem: $TERM names starting with "putty" and "cygwin" are likely to have a dark background, but are not recognized. Solution: Only check the first few characters of $TERM to match "putty" or "cygwin". (Christian Brabandt)

README_unix.txt for version 8.0 of Vim: Vi IMproved.

This file explains the installation of Vim on Unix systems.
See "README.txt" for general information about Vim.


When you use the source distribution, "make install" is used to install Vim.
See the "INSTALL" file in the "src" directory.

If you use a compiled package, follow the instructions for the package.