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It seems like a grift to me. SEO the name of a popular theme (Darcula) and sell a Pro version. Edit: my gripe is really with Google and Bing, which will show a lot of results for Dracula in the results for darcula theme when there are plenty of results for Darcula. This happens a lot with other terms as well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I used solarized for a long time, but then I got PaperColor [0] recommended by a colleague recently, and after trying it for a bit I liked it so much that I switched to that exclusively. It was originally made for vim, but there are ports to other tools[1]. [0]: https://github.com/NLKNguyen/papercolor-theme [1]: https://github.com/NLKNguyen/papercolor-theme#-related-proje...
Are most people working with these themes in fairly low lit environments with a backlight? Because I assumed that current research indicated that in normal light darker text on a light background was actually less tiring for the eyes.
No, they're just in their 20 somethings, so looking cool outweighs "will an old dude be able to read it" argument. When younger I also loved nothing more than sitting in the dark room and staring at green letters on the black console screen. However now, being an old dude myself, not driving myself blind has become an actual concern...
Hmm, sounds like you need glasses, why don't wear them? Too hung up on looking cool?
It seems like a grift to me. SEO the name of a popular theme (Darcula) and sell a Pro version. Edit: my gripe is really with Google and Bing, which will show a lot of results for Dracula in the results for darcula theme when there are plenty of results for Darcula. This happens a lot with other terms as well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Pro version actually happened much later after the theme was created. Google probably chooses Dracula because it's the more popular choice.
I think I might be neurodivergent, having a similar look and feel across code editors and terminals always pleases me greatly for some reason. That’s definitely one reason I like Dracula; it’s so easy to get it across everything I use. Been using it for over a year; IMO it’s a pretty readable theme that’s easy on the eyes.
Oddly, I prefer a random scheme on each start of emacs. I have yet to not weird out folks on that. Edit: I feel these are just two extremes with most folks not caring at all.
Don't forget the keycaps: https://omnitype.com/products/gmk-dracula
I envy those who can use dark colour schemes. It hurts my eyes for some reason.
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It’s your eyes. Not the screen and not the young people. Get glasses.
For some of the reasons mentioned by other people in this thread, I don’t think glasses actually fix the problem. I have astigmatism and generally light text on a dark background is difficult to focus on.
I can understand though that someone might not want to bother with glasses if the problem is easily fixed by using a light theme.
I prefer something more toned down -> https://www.nordtheme.com/ports