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Ask HN: Do you program in black or white?
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Re: Ask HN: Do you program in black or white?
#32I prefer black on grey for editor windows and gray on black for terminal windows.
Re: Ask HN: Do you program in black or white?
#33I strongly prefer light on dark, but hated pretty much every emacs theme I found. A couple days ago, I ported a friend's "IR Black" vim theme to emacs. I'm still not entirely happy with it, but:
http://github.com/burke/color-theme-ir-black/blob/master/scr...
EDIT: Upon further investigation, I believe this color theme originated from http://blog.infinitered.com/entries/show/6 .
Re: Ask HN: Do you program in black or white?
#34I recently switched from a black & white scheme to a colored scheme. As of now I'm enjoying a black-greyish background with some nifty colors. IMO, colored code makes the process much more fun. I'm not sure if it makes me more productive though, but I wouldn't rule it out. Small screenshot: http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2102/219/106/34...
what editor is this?
Looks like Komodo Edit.
Re: Ask HN: Do you program in black or white?
#35I didn't realize it for quite some time, but what I actually use is:
- dark means "brain: use vim keys" (:colo darkblue)
- light means use arrow/CUA keys, a la most "normal" applications.
Re: Ask HN: Do you program in black or white?
#36It depends on the language I am programming in.
Java - white (Eclipse)
Python - Black (gedit)
Lisp - White (emacs)
Ruby - White (TextEdit)
C/C++ - Black (gedit)
I have noticed that certain text editors have dark themes I like, whereas other dark themes just hurt my eyes. I have no true preference, only what I am used to.
Re: Ask HN: Do you program in black or white?
#37I use black or syntax coloring on gray or ivory background. My eyes are old and the contrast with colors on black is too low for me to read easily. I prefer the off white background because pure white is too bright.
Re: Ask HN: Do you program in black or white?
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same experience here. I start having difficulty coding when the background is too bright, or even when the text is too bright on a black background (I had the text be a light gray for nearly a year, and I never really realized it wasn't white. Then when I looked at white on black code, it looked very bright and unpleasant to read.)
Really? I never had that problem. I started out using Notepad++'s default coloring (black on white). Then I switched to Vim and used a dark background. Switching between dark and light background has never been a problem for me. Could you elaborate more on your situation? Did you always use a dark background? What are the conditions around where you code? Light grey on black for me is still too hard to see. I prefer…
I coded at first a few years ago with the normal Eclipse-type scheme, but then when I switched to Linux+Vim and later Linux+Emacs I've always used a black background with light gray text. I'm probably just not used to coding on light backgrounds, since I haven't done it in a long while - if I did it for a few hours, I'd probably adjust. I just haven't really had the need to do so.
Re: Ask HN: Do you program in black or white?
#39green on black
Re: Ask HN: Do you program in black or white?
#40I use Visual Studio with the Vibrant Ink color scheme from TextMate, and I've had the same experience. I find it surprisingly pleasant.