fix italics not working in tmux

.config/nvim/after/plugin/lsp.lua

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ lsp.configure('sumneko_lua', {
   }
 })
 
-
 local cmp = require('cmp')
 local cmp_select = { behavior = cmp.SelectBehavior.Select }
 local cmp_mappings = lsp.defaults.cmp_mappings({

.config/nvim/after/plugin/theme.lua

@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 vim.o.background = 'light'
 
 require('solarized').setup({
-  -- theme = 'neo'   -- or comment to use solarized default theme.
+  theme = 'default',   -- or 'neo'
   styles = {
     comments = { italic = true, bold = false },
     functions = { italic = true },
     variables = { italic = false },
   }
 })
+
+vim.cmd.colorscheme = 'solarized'
+
+function test()
+  print('test')
+end

.tmux.conf

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # 0 is too far from ` ;)
 set -g base-index 1
 
-set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
+# set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
+set -g default-terminal "rxvt-unicode-256color" # fixes italics not working in nvim
 set -g status-keys vi
 set -g history-limit 10000
 
+
 setw -g mode-keys vi
 setw -g mouse on
 setw -g monitor-activity on