VIM zsh, bash and colors in command line on Ubuntu
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        Published on 2012-06-12T14:07:53Z
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I have problem with VIM command line when calling system commands.
e.g. !ls, all command output colors aren't parsed by VIM. My system is Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with VIM 7.3.429 from Ubuntu repositories.

Is there any workaround for this problem?
EDIT:
:!echo $TERM in VIM returns : dumb
EDIT2:
I found a simple workaround but it's not perfect
if [ "$VIM" ] && [ "$TERM" = "dumb" ] 
then 
    # For gvim's monochromatic :shell 
    PS1='\n\u@\h \w\n\$ ' 
    unalias ls 
    unalias grep 
fi 
(It's working on bash)
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