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Re: Show HN: Cobalt2 theme and colour scheme for Sublime Text

#31
Wait, I thought it's not possible to style the sidebar in ST (or at least not much)? I was searching for a plugin that would show Git status in my sidebar (as Atom does) but everywhere I looked people were saying it's not possible because of this limitation in ST.

Looks very good btw.

Re: Show HN: Cobalt2 theme and colour scheme for Sublime Text

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Now that Brackets.io is 1.0 and Atom is getting more mature, is Sublime Text really still relevant? It should go FOSS to stay competitive.

Can Atom open files larger than 2MB yet?

I ran into the limitation this morning, so as of 0.140.0, the answer is still "No" :(

Re: Show HN: Cobalt2 theme and colour scheme for Sublime Text

#34

I do not understand why people code on a dark background. I get the CRT retro aesthetic, but it is less readable on modern screens. Reflections on glossy displays become a problem. When was the last time you saw a website with a black background? I can't tell if people coding on dark backgrounds are hipsters, or just don't know any better.

It's more l33t that way. We all just like pretending we're in swordfish.

Re: Show HN: Cobalt2 theme and colour scheme for Sublime Text

#35
post #22

I do not understand why people code on a dark background. I get the CRT retro aesthetic, but it is less readable on modern screens. Reflections on glossy displays become a problem. When was the last time you saw a website with a black background? I can't tell if people coding on dark backgrounds are hipsters, or just don't know any better.

It's less tiresome for your eyes, eventually your eyes will demand you to use dark color schemes.

I can recommend f.lux. With it the whole environment becomes of about the same light. Without it, and with a dark theme in your code editor you have one level of light, and when you switch to a web browser you can bombarded by photons. :-/

Re: Show HN: Cobalt2 theme and colour scheme for Sublime Text

#36
post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't really know that this is true. Sublime is a zillion times faster than Atom, and brackets isn't something that enters into the same league as either. I don't see how open-sourcing will help it.

Sublime Text appears to be developed by someone who actively shuns his users, though.

Given the speed difference I’m less bothered by a little bit of user shunning.

Re: Show HN: Cobalt2 theme and colour scheme for Sublime Text

#37
post #31

Wait, I thought it's not possible to style the sidebar in ST (or at least not much)? I was searching for a plugin that would show Git status in my sidebar (as Atom does) but everywhere I looked people were saying it's not possible because of this limitation in ST. Looks very good btw.

There is no sidebar API, yet. But in the latest ST3 release they allow for custom icons. Hopefully we will see more sidebar APIs so we can do things like color code files based on their git status.

Re: Show HN: Cobalt2 theme and colour scheme for Sublime Text

#38

I do not understand why people code on a dark background. I get the CRT retro aesthetic, but it is less readable on modern screens. Reflections on glossy displays become a problem. When was the last time you saw a website with a black background? I can't tell if people coding on dark backgrounds are hipsters, or just don't know any better.

I switch back and forth. Each year or so the colors start to make code look like work, so I change it up and things look fresh again. So far, I've gone between Slush & Poppies, Cobalt, Monokai, Solarized Dark, Monokai, Solarized Light, and most recently Cyberpunk (the Emacs Live theme).

Re: Show HN: Cobalt2 theme and colour scheme for Sublime Text

#39
post #22

I do not understand why people code on a dark background. I get the CRT retro aesthetic, but it is less readable on modern screens. Reflections on glossy displays become a problem. When was the last time you saw a website with a black background? I can't tell if people coding on dark backgrounds are hipsters, or just don't know any better.

It's less tiresome for your eyes, eventually your eyes will demand you to use dark color schemes.

I actually had to switch to Solarized Light for awhile because my eyes couldn't stand white text on a dark background. I'm back to using a dark theme now though.

Re: Show HN: Cobalt2 theme and colour scheme for Sublime Text

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post #4

Would love this for Ultraedit && Notepad++. PEople would probably pay at least a dollar for this.

I've ported it to Iterm and Zsh ( https://github.com/wesbos/Cobalt2-iterm ) as well as Atom ( https://github.com/wesbos/Cobalt2-atom ). If anyone wants to port to another editor, I'd be happy to let you use the name.

I would definitely like to see this ported to vim, I'm just not sure where to get started on that.
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