[TxMt] POLL: Request a Theme!

[Graeme Mathieson]

On 11 Sep 2005, at 16:57, thomas Aylott wrote:
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> If people seriously want a certain theme, I WILL make it (eventually).

The 'pablo' theme from vim would be nice.  Or the colours I use in  
XEmacs (basically the default 'dark background' colours, with a deep  
blue background).

> Who uses what theme in textMate?

Until I started reading this thread, 'Mac Classic'.  I'm currently  
experimenting with 'Pastels on Dark', though I think it needs some  
tweaking before I'll like it.

> What themes have you used from previous systems or applications?

See above; pablo in vim and a tweaked one on XEmacs.

> Do you like black backgrounds? Do you like colored backgrounds?

Dark coloured backgrounds, yeah.  Either black or a deep blue works  
well for me.

> Do you hate excessive use of background colors? ...for the  
> page? ...for individual elements?

I find the use of different background colours for individual  
elements to be irritating, sometimes. I find blocks of different  
colour jarring when I'm trying to read.

> Do you like high contrast? Do you prefer lower contrast?

High contrast good, particularly if the sun's shining anywhere  
nearby.  OK, so that only happens, like, two days a year up here in  
Scotland. :-)

> Do you like having a bunch of different colors or would you prefer  
> one with shades of only a few colors?

Different colours.  Enough that it's easy to see at a glance what a  
particular atom is, where it starts and where it stops.  Syntax  
highlighting is supposed to be an aid to reading/writing the code,  
not just pretty colours. :)

> What languages do you want to have colored?

XHTML/XML, Ruby, Python, C++.

> Do you want different languages to have different colors?

No.  The same type of atom should be the same colour in every  
language.  If a string is green in Ruby, it should be green in every  
language in the world ever.

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