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Re: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps

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augustk wrote: post #155
brandonmenc wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do what I do: Black text on white background (or the reverse, if you’re a philistine.) Select a color for comments. Select a color for strings. Done. Anything more, and the display looks like someone threw a bag of Skittles at the screen.

I agree. One addition to this is that I configure my themes so that heading-like constructs are displayed in bold; in C that would be function names in function declarations (and definitions), and in HTML say, it would be the content of to elements. The motivation for this is the same as for highlighting headings in ordinary prose; it makes it easier to get an overview of where you are in the text.

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Re: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps

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Post by zenorocha »

1337shadow wrote: post #95

Nice! But why do they always make code comments in a color that's so discret it's barely readable?

The idea is to keep you focused on the code logic itself. Comments are definitely important but they don't dictate behavior, that's why they are intentionally unobtrusive.

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Post by flareback »

8589934591 wrote: post #153

For emacs I use doom-one-light https://github.com/hlissner/emacs-doom-themes/tree/screensho... I wish there were light themes which are consistent across apps. The only ones I've usually found consistent are Atom One Light. I usually stick to light themes because it is more comfortable on the eyes, provided your environment is also well lit. I find this easier to do than staying with dark environments and stepping aw…

Light mode? you monster! /sarcasm

As far as light mode themes go that ones pretty good

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Post by chasely »

HeadlessChild wrote: post #29
kylepdm wrote: post #3

Don't forget the keycaps: https://omnitype.com/products/gmk-dracula

They are sold out :-(

Basically all these runs are "limited edition" and are pre-sold. But you can find a lot of people reselling on some markets. I used the one on reddit [0] until keyboards stop being a "hobby" for me.

[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/

Re: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps

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Post by bighoss97 »

I think a big factor with color themes is actually the monitor settings. I have my monitor tuned for dark mode everywhere. If I put a light theme on, the contrast doesn't look right and I go back to dark themes. Maybe it's a result of my fine-tuning, but the default "Visual Studio Dark" theme in VS Code is my favorite. It's a great minimalist theme. And I've even tried a lot of the minimalist themes suggested in this thread.

Re: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps

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Post by jdsampayo »

Veen wrote: post #96
Hard_Space wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In their defense, browsing from Bucharest, the Pro page shows me this: > Hey! You're coming from Romania where this could be too expensive. I believe in Purchasing Parity Power, and I want to make this affordable. If you need it, use the code ROPRO for an extra 52% off the regular price.

Now that you've posted it here, I predict the Dracula folks will see an enormous increase in the use of the ROPRO code by "Romanian" developers living all around the world.

They have multiple countries, Mexico discount is 53% and I took it. I guess if someone wants to take advantage of this will seek the highest discount country, wonder which one is.

Re: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps

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Post by zenorocha »

inDigiNeous wrote: post #87

I have a hard time seeing why this is such a popular theme.. maybe it's just because it is available for so many different editors. On the other hand, would be cool to have an application / database that could convert any theme to another editor. Although that would take a lot of work to figure out the compatibilities, if somebody would do that well enough so that other people can configure input output configs for t…

Dracula creator here...

I have a few thoughts on why this is such a popular theme:

1. Decentralized Contributors: every theme is maintained by a different person. There's no single point of failure when it comes to software maintainability.

2. Centralized Discoverability: most themes are scattered and disorganized. The cool thing about Dracula is that you can find everything in one place.

3. Transparency: on the website, you can see the number of views for each theme, who are the people behind them, how much sales were made. Everything is open, and that creates trust.

4. Constraints: Dracula is only available in dark mode, despite having TONS of requests to have a light theme as well. People complain about constraints (think of Twitter's 140 character limit), but constraints make good products.

5. Consistency: not only in terms of colors, but in terms of effort. The first Dracula theme was created in 2013, and the project has kept evolving since then.

6. Portability: developers want an environment that feels uniform. There's a real cost associated with context switch, so having a theme available for 227 apps across Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS is very important.

7. Branding: why make something boring when you can make it fun? The name, the logo, the icons, the visual aesthetics - it all counts.

8. Personal: the origin story described on the About page is extremely personal. For years I was afraid of making it public on the internet. Now I know that when you make yourself vulnerable, people feel connected.

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