commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/fa03fd6c4a9fe05274d62ddefd645cb5801d2023 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jan 2 22:03:00 2016 +0100 patch 7.4.1036 Problem: Only terminals with up to 256 colors work properly. Solution: Use the 256 color behavior for all terminals with 256 or more colors. (Robert de Bath, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/504)

README_src.txt for version 7.4 of Vim: Vi IMproved.

The source archive contains the files needed to compile Vim on Unix systems.
It is packed for Unix systems (NL line separator).

For more information, see the README.txt file that comes with the runtime
archive (vim-7.4-rt.tar.gz).  To be able to run Vim you MUST get the runtime
archive too!