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Re: Vim Color Schemes

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Post by ahmedfromtunis » Sat, Apr 02, 2022, 7:58 AM UTC

vladvasiliu wrote: post #28

ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In a way, yes. For me, using light-themed software for a prolonged period causes my eyes to strain and my head to ache. Sure, they do so to a very little extent, but the uncomfort is often distracting if not tempting me to slack off. So for me, yes, dark themes help me get in the zone much easier. But of course that has very little to do of the colors scheme itself.

I also get a somewhat soothing and focusing effect when using a dark theme, especially in a room with dim lights. But what absolutely destroys the experience for me is when I have to look something up on the internet and end up on a page that doesn't honor the browser's dark mode. The switch between bright and dark is extremely jarring.

That's why I chose to have the dark reader extension always on and only disable for sites that don't need it.

No such luck however with design tools where changing the theme can't be an option.

Re: Vim Color Schemes

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Post by asicsp » Sat, Apr 02, 2022, 7:59 AM UTC

Re: Vim Color Schemes

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Post by johncoltrane » Sat, Apr 02, 2022, 8:01 AM UTC

obiwanpallav1 wrote: post #30

I've been using `Apprentice` theme https://github.com/romainl/Apprentice Has been a great experience so far

Author, here. Happy you like it ;-)

Re: Vim Color Schemes

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Post by TheChaplain » Sat, Apr 02, 2022, 8:01 AM UTC

petepete wrote: post #11

Over recent years I've been drawn to the cross-tool themes like Nord and Dracula. https://www.nordtheme.com/ https://draculatheme.com/ Having consistency between neovim, fzf, bat, tmux, tig and fish is lovely.

Just tried Nord but to me it seems Gruvbox is more distinct with the keywords? At least I feel it easier to differentiate between different elements in code.

Re: Vim Color Schemes

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Post by johncoltrane » Sat, Apr 02, 2022, 8:07 AM UTC

FWIW, modern reworks of the built-in colorschemes are on their way [1]. We plan to add more third-party colorschemes in the future as we streamline the creation and validation process.

[1] https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/9795

Re: Vim Color Schemes

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Post by johncoltrane » Sat, Apr 02, 2022, 8:10 AM UTC

mrblampo wrote: post #2

Just recently started using the built-in colorscheme "blue" and I love it.

Agreed. Here is a sneak peek at the remake that is currently waiting for a merge: https://i.imgur.com/LLeBgY4.png

Re: Vim Color Schemes

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Post by thanatos519 » Sat, Apr 02, 2022, 8:26 AM UTC

jah wrote: post #4

I'm a huge fan of the base16 color schemes - not for their appearance (though most look great), but for their ease of integration within the shell and vim. Just clone the repos below, drop a few lines in your shellrc/vimrc, then use a single bash command to change the scheme in both. No more mucking with Xresources. https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-vim

Thanks for this! I knew about 256-color and truecolor modes, but I didn't know about the palette-changing escape sequences. I prefer to use the standard 16 colours for portability, but tweak them where possible for comfort. Now I can do that in a shell script instead of messing with the terminal palette on every computer!

Not gonna use those clunky base16 scripts, though. TL;DR in GNU screen: $ echo -e '\eP\e]4;0;rgb:01/3f/13\a\e\\'

Re: Vim Color Schemes

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Post by petre » Sat, Apr 02, 2022, 8:28 AM UTC

obiwanpallav1 wrote: post #30

I've been using `Apprentice` theme https://github.com/romainl/Apprentice Has been a great experience so far

Can't read the comments. Too gray.

Re: Vim Color Schemes

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Post by Tepix » Sat, Apr 02, 2022, 8:37 AM UTC

I love most of them!

Is there a way to search for non low-contrast themes? My search for "High contrast" among the light themes yielded no results, yet i saw some themes that fit the bill while browsing.

Re: Vim Color Schemes

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Post by johncoltrane » Sat, Apr 02, 2022, 8:40 AM UTC

KwisaksHaderach wrote: post #7

Does dark themes lets your focus more than light themes?

I've seen research that supported that idea and research that didn't so I'm not sure it is possible to provide a definitive answer to that question.

As a colorscheme author, though, I can attest that working on a dark background gives me a lot more "range", so to speak, than on a light background, which tends to make "dark" colorschemes much easier to create and more expressive.

For me, the sweat spot is at around 10-20% lightness.