Can't enable 256 colors in ConEmu

Question

I\'m trying to get 256 colors in the fantastic ConEmu-Maximus5 console.

Update: Now it only shows 8 colors. I know because \'$tput colors\' output is \'

Answer 1

local COOLRED="\e[38;5;173m"

local COOLGREEN="\e[38;5;113m"

Those \es are probably from an e.g. C printf string. You don't want them in a shell script. Stick with the original \033 notation. Also you are missing the closing \]. These lines should now read

local COOLRED="\[\033[38;5;173m\]"

local COOLGREEN="\[\033[38;5;113m\]"