Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

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Post by s00pcan » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 2:19 PM UTC

phzbOx wrote: post #45

I'm surprised nobody talked about Wombat. It's the theme I use everywhere I can. It's on a dark gray background. Here is a screenshot: http://dengmao.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/vim-color-scheme-wom...

This is what I use for terminal vim/gvim. Haven't found anything better as of yet.

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

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Post by goldmab » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 2:23 PM UTC

I used light on dark for a long time, but now I have a Mac with a glossy screen, and a dark background makes it really easy to see reflected objects. So I have switched to dark on light.

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

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Post by radimm » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 2:26 PM UTC

jjm wrote: post #9

I go Solarized http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized

Love the fact I can switch Solarized light/dark in MacVim easily.

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

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Post by edabobojr » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 2:27 PM UTC

hackermom wrote: post #56

Black (and other colors) on light gray.

Black on light gray. I've notices as I've gotten older that a white background just gives me headaches.

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

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Post by djbender » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 2:31 PM UTC

I was all about white on black until I realized that I keep being visually fatigued by flipping back and forth into a webpage that was black on white. For me, unless my entire workflow can be white on black, I stick with black on white.

Maybe it's just me but I also find black on white more legible at low brightness display settings as well.

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

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Post by hockeybias » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 2:35 PM UTC

I read somewhere years ago that a light blue background is easiest on the eyes. Any thoughts?

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

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Post by protomyth » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 2:35 PM UTC

I generally like black text and a white background, but I also tend to use green text on a black background for some items.

For terminals at one job, I had red backgrounds for production, yellow for test, and blue for development. It kept me from being super stupid.

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

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Post by sarahsh » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 2:47 PM UTC

I prefer dark, less light hitting my eyes.

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

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Post by tuananh » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 2:49 PM UTC

phzbOx wrote: post #45

I'm surprised nobody talked about Wombat. It's the theme I use everywhere I can. It's on a dark gray background. Here is a screenshot: http://dengmao.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/vim-color-scheme-wom...

BEST.COLOR.SCHEME.EVER

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

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Post by haar » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 2:52 PM UTC

I use tir_black for Vim (Terminal Vim via iTerm2 with xTerm reported); I find it softer on my eyes that a lot of other colour schemes I've tried.