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Afterglow: Dark Theme for Sublime

230 points by imd23 12y ago

rebugger 12y ago
Looks nice and reminds me of Seti (https://github.com/ctf0/Seti_ST3 https://github.com/ctf0/Seti_ST3)
baby 12y ago
it's really beautiful and for ONCE it actually works when I install it! I just tried the Markdown theme as well and I had to remove this line for it to work: "wrap_width": 80 beautiful as well! Good job! You should note that changing Sublime's icon is not doable (at least easily) in Windows.
Ryel 12y ago
Really, really great. Thanks for sharing! Also thanks for extensive documentation.
Raphmedia 12y ago
I have been using it for a while now. Nothing wrong with it, I like it very much and have yet to find a better alternative.
Navarr 12y ago
Reminds me a lot of IDEA's Darkula - the only theme I can stomach these days.
manuelflara 12y ago
After installing it, only the colors on the code editor change. How do I get the tabs and file list panel to look like in those screenshots? It looks like a standard OSX control in mine.
- mathieuh 12y ago
  { "theme": "Afterglow-<variant>.sublime-theme", "color_scheme": "Packages/Theme - Afterglow/Afterglow.tmTheme" } stick that in your user pref file
- colinramsay 12y ago
  Did you restart Sublime?
  - manuelflara 12y ago
    It did require both what mathieuh said, and restarting. Thanks!
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- Inversechi 12y ago
  Have you tried reloading the editor? Worked for me on Windows.
JustinAiken 12y ago
Does this have colored gitgutter icons?
- bigdubs 12y ago
  gitgutter works in the editor window, not so much in the sidebar.
  - jbrooksuk 12y ago
    Colours are decided by the scheme though I believe.
theVirginian 12y ago
Late to the party, I've been using this for months.
- strictnein 12y ago
  Should have posted it months ago then?
- CmonDev 12y ago
  It's not an #indieband discovery thread.
octatoan 12y ago
Vim version please?
- darcyparker 12y ago
  I second that. I'd like to give it a try in vim and see if I still like it after a day of use.
  - atmosx 12y ago
    Me too. I'm currently using 'jellybeans' as my default and I love it but I'd give a try to this one.
- StavrosK 12y ago
  Hmm, I wonder if there's a site/utility where you input a theme and it converts it to everything else.
- bloke_zero 12y ago
  They have an iterm2 theme https://github.com/YabataDesign/afterglow-itermcolors https://github.com/YabataDesign/afterglow-itermcolors , gets you partway there (on a mac).
- Cachalot 12y ago
  gruvbox theme for Vim is very similar. https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox
- mrinterweb 12y ago
  Unfortunately, I don't believe that an afterglow theme for vim exists yet, but if you want to try some different themes out, I'd recommend https://github.com/flazz/vim-colorschemes https://github.com/flazz/vim-colorschemes. My favorites are solarized, flatland, and codeschool. Solarized is likely the most advanced/complete vim colorscheme by looking at the solarized.vim.
coreymgilmore 12y ago
Great theme, I do enjoy it. A few suggestion: - make the bad bar thinner: it takes up a good chunk of usable screen real estate for just showing file names (especially important on laptops) - The scroll bars could be a bit "lighter". They blend into the dark a bit too well.
- sandyarmstrong 12y ago
  This can be customized, thankfully. I love this theme now! https://github.com/YabataDesign/afterglow-theme#tab-height-size-options https://github.com/YabataDesign/afterglow-theme#tab-height-s...
- colinramsay 12y ago
  Did you mean the tab bar? It's specifically mentioned that you can change this with a setting.
- adregan 12y ago
  Try: "tabs_small": true for small tabs. I just turned it on and now it takes up about as much space as space grey did.
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mangeletti 12y ago
I used http://colorsublime.com/ http://colorsublime.com/ - it took me about 1 second to install Afterglow. Colorsublime installation instructions (using Package Control): 1. CMD ^ P 2. Type "install" and select "Package Control: Install Package" 3. Type "Colorsublime" and select "Colorsublime" Installing the theme: 1. CMD ^ P 2. Type "theme" and select "Colorsublime: Install Theme" 3. Type "afterglow" and select "Afterglow" Profit. When using Colorsublime (steps 1 + 2 of the second set), you can also arrow up and down through the themes and get a live preview of each as you do so. Note: Colorsublime only installs the color scheme. If you want to take full advantage of a theme like this (includes custom tab styles, custom sidebar styles, etc.), you'll need to follow the directions on their website.
- jastanton 12y ago
  This is better than their instructions just marginally. 1. CMD ^ P 2. Type "install" and select "Package Control: Install Package" 3. Type "Afterflow" and select "Theme - Afterglow" 4. Press: Command + , (to go into settings). 5. Paste the two lines from Github page, add any additional settings and restart sublime. edit: Ah I just saw your update, previewing is a nice little feature for sure, especially when you're not sure how they handle colors for the languages you use most often. Sounds nice
  - mangeletti 12y ago
    I was just about to say, "see my latest edit"... when I saw your latest edit :) The preview feature also lets you move between your open files while previewing a theme (without selecting it), so you can check HTML, CSS, Python, etc. all without changing your theme.
- jaytaylor 12y ago
  Notably this is compatible with ST3 only. No backport for Sublime Text 2 users.
  - swang 12y ago
    Thanks. Kinda annoying this wasn't mentioned in parent, spent a couple minutes wondering why I couldn't find it in package manager.
wdhilliard 12y ago
I forked the Cobalt2 theme and altered the colors and icons to work with the Monokai Extended color palette. You can download the ST3 theme here at https://github.com/wdhilliard-genebygene/monokai-blue https://github.com/wdhilliard-genebygene/monokai-blue
Tyguy7 12y ago
Differents colors?
- louhike 12y ago
  Yes, click on the link to their Github page.
avinassh 12y ago
They also have crated a icon for ST2/ST3, which is also nice! link - https://github.com/YabataDesign/sublime-text-icon https://github.com/YabataDesign/sublime-text-icon I just applied, this is how it looks in Dock - http://i.imgur.com/zFFP9wq.png http://i.imgur.com/zFFP9wq.png
- mcescalante 12y ago
  same, just noticed this and changed the icon. I really like it so far :) Note: if you do replace it, you probably will need to kill your dock, and clear the icon cache; here's a good command to do so: rm /var/folders///*/com.apple.dock.iconcache;killall Dock
  - joshka 12y ago
    there's a couple of missing stars in that command between the slashes. That said, this didn't replace the icon for me. I needed to touch the app folder as well for the update to work touch /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app rm /var/folders/*/*/*/com.apple.dock.iconcache;killall Dock
    - mcescalante 12y ago
      Yeah, thanks on the stars - I forgot to actually enter them as commands and for some reason it removed the stars when the comment was parsed.
devll 12y ago
This is gorgeous. I wish there was one for Emacs :(
- elwell 12y ago
  The scheme I use looks similar: (custom-set-variables '(custom-enabled-themes (quote (tango-dark)))) (custom-set-faces '(default ((t (:family "Consolas" :foundry "outline" :slant normal :weight normal :height 90 :width normal)))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-1-face ((t (:foreground "#A0FA67")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-2-face ((t (:foreground "white")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-3-face ((t (:foreground "yellow")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-4-face ((t (:foreground "dodger blue")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-5-face ((t (:foreground "hot pink")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-6-face ((t (:foreground "cyan")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-7-face ((t (:foreground "lawn green")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-8-face ((t (:foreground "firebrick1")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-9-face ((t (:foreground "SeaGreen1"))))) (require 'rainbow-delimiters) (global-rainbow-delimiters-mode)
- jacobsenscott 12y ago
  If you like that low contrast style you might like the zenburn emacs theme. It is a bit too low contrast for me so I use hc-zenburn (high contrast zenburn)
- mrkipling 12y ago
  I use sanityinc-tomorrow-night which is pretty similar: https://github.com/purcell/color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow https://github.com/purcell/color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow
- mswift42 12y ago
  You can easily port it: Step 1: write down the colors for default foreground face, background face, keyword face, string face, comment face, functionname face, type face, variable face and constant face. Step 2: Go to http://emacs-theme-creator.appspot.com/ http://emacs-theme-creator.appspot.com/, paste the colors and click done. Step 3: have fun with your new emacs theme.
mcescalante 12y ago
I just installed it with Package Control, and added the two config lines to my User Prefs and it immediately updated everything without me even quitting and re-opening Sublime. I've been using the same ol' boring Soda dark theme for years now, so this is pretty refreshing. Thanks :)
tonypai 12y ago
I install it, but the tabs goes like this. (http://i.imgur.com/JsH1Umf.png http://i.imgur.com/JsH1Umf.png)
- hisyam 12y ago
  Try restarting the app.
  - tonypai 12y ago
    I did but no change.
ninebrows 12y ago
Any scientific reason behind using a dark theme?
- RansomTime 12y ago
  Does there need to be? People think it looks nice. I personally find text hard to read on a dark background, some people don't.
- mtbcoder 12y ago
  Not scientific, but I find I have less eye strain with dark themes.
  - bsimpson 12y ago
    I don't have eyestrain problems on most devices, but the Retina MacBook I have at work wears my eyes out in just a few hours. I can stare at my Chromebook Pixel indefinitely without issue in the same environment.
- mhomde 12y ago
  I find using a dark theme when coding in the dark is better because the bright white background won't blast your face. light themes are better if you have a glossy display and there's some sunlight since you won't see so many reflections
- chatmasta 12y ago
  I've heard dark themes can actually damage your eyesight because the contrast isn't high enough. I like white themes because it's just like paper. Black text is easy to see.
  - honksillet 12y ago
    Well, there are high contrast dark and light themes.
CmonDev 12y ago
Sublime people are creating promo pages for something like IDE themes? That's interesting.
- Sir_Cmpwn 12y ago
  Sublime is a culture of people where a larger portion of the users are design oriented when compared to most editors.
- bstar77 12y ago
  It's not just sublime, you can find the same thing for old textmate themes and even some vim themes.
  - rkuykendall-com 12y ago
    > old textmate themes I really wish the people working on Textmate right now would do SOMETHING to indicate on the homepage that Textmate is now open source, free, and actively developed on Github. Instead, they leave the Textmate 1.0 homepage up and people think it's an archaic, dead editor :( 1st Google result ( years out of date ): http://macromates.com/ http://macromates.com/ 2nd Google result ( actually the current project ): https://github.com/textmate/textmate https://github.com/textmate/textmate
- AceJohnny2 12y ago
  I figure it was started by the popular Solarized color theme: http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized
stdgy 12y ago
Neat theme. I've been enjoying Space Gray for a few months now: http://kkga.github.io/spacegray/ http://kkga.github.io/spacegray/ Any other suggestions for somewhat minimal themes out there?
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- Leimi 12y ago
  Nil is pretty cool https://github.com/nilium/st2-nil-theme https://github.com/nilium/st2-nil-theme
  - runaway 12y ago
    I switched to Nil w/ the Big Duo color scheme about a year ago and since then no other theme/scheme looks right. To me, it's the perfect use of contrast while still pleasing to the eye.
- bsimpson 12y ago
  I was also a big fan of Spacegray Eighties, but I recently switched to Oceanic Next. It's similar (but with a blue hue), and is supposed to work better with JS Harmony. https://github.com/voronianski/oceanic-next-theme https://github.com/voronianski/oceanic-next-theme
- swah 12y ago
  Soda Light theme + Mac Classic scheme works for me.
smhg 12y ago
Shameless plug: I created an ST3 plugin called SynCycle[1]. It switches themes at sunrise and sunset. e.g. a light theme during daytime and dark theme during nighttime. For who's interested: you can install it with Package Control. [1]: https://github.com/smhg/sublime-suncycle https://github.com/smhg/sublime-suncycle
- baby 12y ago
  Oh so a bit like f.lux but for Sublime :) nice
- bsimpson 12y ago
  I use dark themes whenever I can, but I could be convinced to use a similar package that let me switch themes on command. You could even call the bright command Go Outside and the dark one Go Inside.
- smhg 12y ago
  That should have been SunCycle, not SynCycle...
than 12y ago
This looks great. Here's the best Sublime replacement icon I've found: http://dewith.com/2014/muir-yosemite-icons-volume-ii/ http://dewith.com/2014/muir-yosemite-icons-volume-ii/
decentrality 12y ago
Before this I was using Soda Dark 3 -- also a theme which changes tabs, etc. After installing Afterglow, my tabs and sidebar are badly distorted and garbled after restarting SublimeText3 with the configuration lines added. Am I missing something, or do I need to clear something?
- decentrality 12y ago
  Tried clearing the Cache, etc. Still extremely distorted. Have had to revert back to Soda Dark until I can see why this is happening.
  - decentrality 12y ago
    This is a known issue -- be advised: https://github.com/YabataDesign/afterglow-theme/issues/23 https://github.com/YabataDesign/afterglow-theme/issues/23
  - decentrality 12y ago
    Solved this by NOT using Colorsublime, but using the Afterglow theme directly available from the Package Manager. I believe the one in Colorsublime is not 1.2.8 or newer.
fierycatnet 12y ago
Is there an easy way to port this to IntelliJ?
- suyash 12y ago
  I would love to have this theme in my IntelliJ too.
teekert 12y ago
Sorry for being a bit of topic but why is everybody so enthusiastic? I just installed the editor in Windows and it costs 70$! Is it that good? I remember installing it in Arch Linux for free without warnings... What is the deal? The website is not very clear on the exact license plus I found some alternatives that look the same on first glance (i.e. Lime Text).
- Nemcue 12y ago
  70$ is not much money if you use it 8 hours a day. Also, you can use it without paying — it'll show a popup window now and again telling you to buy it; just a minor annoyance.
sirwolfgang 12y ago
Anyone know what it would take to convert to atom.io?
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ziikutv 12y ago
Neat! I personally use the default theme with lighter syntax http://prntscr.com/6f4jp5 http://prntscr.com/6f4jp5
DevFactor 12y ago
I really like it! Would you mind if I used it in my YouTube series: https://www.youtube.com/user/devfactor https://www.youtube.com/user/devfactor ? It looks much more visible to me than the default color scheme with all the pinks.
wldcordeiro 12y ago
I've been using the port of Atom's Seti[0] in Sublime and can't see myself changing to one unless it has icon support like it now. [0]https://github.com/ctf0/Seti_ST3 https://github.com/ctf0/Seti_ST3
hobarrera 12y ago
Slightly OT: Does anyone know what font they're using in their screenshots?
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- orand 12y ago
  Inconsolata-g. http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/77079.html http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/77079.html
cabirum 12y ago
A suggestion to all theme designers, if I may: Line numbers are visual noise most of the time and can be distracting. Make them transparent, so I see them only when I'm looking for them. Same goes for indent guides, but make them slightly darker than background. Example: http://i.imgur.com/tQ46gWT.png http://i.imgur.com/tQ46gWT.png (modified Spacegray)
freshyill 12y ago
This looks a lot like the Railscasts theme, which has been around forever on Sublime, Textmate, and pretty much everything else. https://www.google.com/search?q=railscasts+theme&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=c1f_VKSUAcrtggSJs4PgAQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAw&biw=1510&bih=1267#imgdii=_ https://www.google.com/search?q=railscasts+theme&client=safa...
V-2 12y ago
Pretty on the screenshots, but I had troubles getting it to work, too (on Windows). Lots of scheme loading failures at first, then once I tried another recommended way to install it, I got plenty of visual quirks. I'm sure there is a way, but if I can't get a text editor theme to work in a couple of minutes, I move on :)

230 points by imd23 12y ago

Looks nice and reminds me of Seti (https://github.com/ctf0/Seti_ST3 https://github.com/ctf0/Seti_ST3)

baby 12y ago

it's really beautiful and for ONCE it actually works when I install it! I just tried the Markdown theme as well and I had to remove this line for it to work: "wrap_width": 80 beautiful as well! Good job! You should note that changing Sublime's icon is not doable (at least easily) in Windows.

Ryel 12y ago

Really, really great. Thanks for sharing! Also thanks for extensive documentation.

Raphmedia 12y ago

I have been using it for a while now. Nothing wrong with it, I like it very much and have yet to find a better alternative.

Navarr 12y ago

Reminds me a lot of IDEA's Darkula - the only theme I can stomach these days.

manuelflara 12y ago

After installing it, only the colors on the code editor change. How do I get the tabs and file list panel to look like in those screenshots? It looks like a standard OSX control in mine.

mathieuh 12y ago
{ "theme": "Afterglow-<variant>.sublime-theme", "color_scheme": "Packages/Theme - Afterglow/Afterglow.tmTheme" } stick that in your user pref file
colinramsay 12y ago
Did you restart Sublime?
- manuelflara 12y ago
  It did require both what mathieuh said, and restarting. Thanks!
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Inversechi 12y ago
Have you tried reloading the editor? Worked for me on Windows.

JustinAiken 12y ago

Does this have colored gitgutter icons?

bigdubs 12y ago
gitgutter works in the editor window, not so much in the sidebar.
- jbrooksuk 12y ago
  Colours are decided by the scheme though I believe.

theVirginian 12y ago

Late to the party, I've been using this for months.

strictnein 12y ago
Should have posted it months ago then?
CmonDev 12y ago
It's not an #indieband discovery thread.

octatoan 12y ago

Vim version please?

darcyparker 12y ago
I second that. I'd like to give it a try in vim and see if I still like it after a day of use.
- atmosx 12y ago
  Me too. I'm currently using 'jellybeans' as my default and I love it but I'd give a try to this one.
StavrosK 12y ago
Hmm, I wonder if there's a site/utility where you input a theme and it converts it to everything else.
bloke_zero 12y ago
They have an iterm2 theme https://github.com/YabataDesign/afterglow-itermcolors https://github.com/YabataDesign/afterglow-itermcolors , gets you partway there (on a mac).
Cachalot 12y ago
gruvbox theme for Vim is very similar. https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox
mrinterweb 12y ago
Unfortunately, I don't believe that an afterglow theme for vim exists yet, but if you want to try some different themes out, I'd recommend https://github.com/flazz/vim-colorschemes https://github.com/flazz/vim-colorschemes. My favorites are solarized, flatland, and codeschool. Solarized is likely the most advanced/complete vim colorscheme by looking at the solarized.vim.

coreymgilmore 12y ago

Great theme, I do enjoy it. A few suggestion: - make the bad bar thinner: it takes up a good chunk of usable screen real estate for just showing file names (especially important on laptops) - The scroll bars could be a bit "lighter". They blend into the dark a bit too well.

sandyarmstrong 12y ago
This can be customized, thankfully. I love this theme now! https://github.com/YabataDesign/afterglow-theme#tab-height-size-options https://github.com/YabataDesign/afterglow-theme#tab-height-s...
colinramsay 12y ago
Did you mean the tab bar? It's specifically mentioned that you can change this with a setting.
adregan 12y ago
Try: "tabs_small": true for small tabs. I just turned it on and now it takes up about as much space as space grey did.
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mangeletti 12y ago

I used http://colorsublime.com/ http://colorsublime.com/ - it took me about 1 second to install Afterglow. Colorsublime installation instructions (using Package Control): 1. CMD ^ P 2. Type "install" and select "Package Control: Install Package" 3. Type "Colorsublime" and select "Colorsublime" Installing the theme: 1. CMD ^ P 2. Type "theme" and select "Colorsublime: Install Theme" 3. Type "afterglow" and select "Afterglow" Profit. When using Colorsublime (steps 1 + 2 of the second set), you can also arrow up and down through the themes and get a live preview of each as you do so. Note: Colorsublime only installs the color scheme. If you want to take full advantage of a theme like this (includes custom tab styles, custom sidebar styles, etc.), you'll need to follow the directions on their website.

jastanton 12y ago
This is better than their instructions just marginally. 1. CMD ^ P 2. Type "install" and select "Package Control: Install Package" 3. Type "Afterflow" and select "Theme - Afterglow" 4. Press: Command + , (to go into settings). 5. Paste the two lines from Github page, add any additional settings and restart sublime. edit: Ah I just saw your update, previewing is a nice little feature for sure, especially when you're not sure how they handle colors for the languages you use most often. Sounds nice
- mangeletti 12y ago
  I was just about to say, "see my latest edit"... when I saw your latest edit :) The preview feature also lets you move between your open files while previewing a theme (without selecting it), so you can check HTML, CSS, Python, etc. all without changing your theme.
jaytaylor 12y ago
Notably this is compatible with ST3 only. No backport for Sublime Text 2 users.
- swang 12y ago
  Thanks. Kinda annoying this wasn't mentioned in parent, spent a couple minutes wondering why I couldn't find it in package manager.

wdhilliard 12y ago

I forked the Cobalt2 theme and altered the colors and icons to work with the Monokai Extended color palette. You can download the ST3 theme here at https://github.com/wdhilliard-genebygene/monokai-blue https://github.com/wdhilliard-genebygene/monokai-blue

Tyguy7 12y ago

Differents colors?

louhike 12y ago
Yes, click on the link to their Github page.

avinassh 12y ago

They also have crated a icon for ST2/ST3, which is also nice! link - https://github.com/YabataDesign/sublime-text-icon https://github.com/YabataDesign/sublime-text-icon I just applied, this is how it looks in Dock - http://i.imgur.com/zFFP9wq.png http://i.imgur.com/zFFP9wq.png

mcescalante 12y ago
same, just noticed this and changed the icon. I really like it so far :) Note: if you do replace it, you probably will need to kill your dock, and clear the icon cache; here's a good command to do so: rm /var/folders///*/com.apple.dock.iconcache;killall Dock
- joshka 12y ago
  there's a couple of missing stars in that command between the slashes. That said, this didn't replace the icon for me. I needed to touch the app folder as well for the update to work touch /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app rm /var/folders/*/*/*/com.apple.dock.iconcache;killall Dock
  - mcescalante 12y ago
    Yeah, thanks on the stars - I forgot to actually enter them as commands and for some reason it removed the stars when the comment was parsed.

devll 12y ago

This is gorgeous. I wish there was one for Emacs :(

elwell 12y ago
The scheme I use looks similar: (custom-set-variables '(custom-enabled-themes (quote (tango-dark)))) (custom-set-faces '(default ((t (:family "Consolas" :foundry "outline" :slant normal :weight normal :height 90 :width normal)))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-1-face ((t (:foreground "#A0FA67")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-2-face ((t (:foreground "white")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-3-face ((t (:foreground "yellow")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-4-face ((t (:foreground "dodger blue")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-5-face ((t (:foreground "hot pink")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-6-face ((t (:foreground "cyan")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-7-face ((t (:foreground "lawn green")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-8-face ((t (:foreground "firebrick1")))) '(rainbow-delimiters-depth-9-face ((t (:foreground "SeaGreen1"))))) (require 'rainbow-delimiters) (global-rainbow-delimiters-mode)
jacobsenscott 12y ago
If you like that low contrast style you might like the zenburn emacs theme. It is a bit too low contrast for me so I use hc-zenburn (high contrast zenburn)
mrkipling 12y ago
I use sanityinc-tomorrow-night which is pretty similar: https://github.com/purcell/color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow https://github.com/purcell/color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow
mswift42 12y ago
You can easily port it: Step 1: write down the colors for default foreground face, background face, keyword face, string face, comment face, functionname face, type face, variable face and constant face. Step 2: Go to http://emacs-theme-creator.appspot.com/ http://emacs-theme-creator.appspot.com/, paste the colors and click done. Step 3: have fun with your new emacs theme.

mcescalante 12y ago

I just installed it with Package Control, and added the two config lines to my User Prefs and it immediately updated everything without me even quitting and re-opening Sublime. I've been using the same ol' boring Soda dark theme for years now, so this is pretty refreshing. Thanks :)

tonypai 12y ago

I install it, but the tabs goes like this. (http://i.imgur.com/JsH1Umf.png http://i.imgur.com/JsH1Umf.png)

hisyam 12y ago
Try restarting the app.
- tonypai 12y ago
  I did but no change.

ninebrows 12y ago

Any scientific reason behind using a dark theme?

RansomTime 12y ago
Does there need to be? People think it looks nice. I personally find text hard to read on a dark background, some people don't.
mtbcoder 12y ago
Not scientific, but I find I have less eye strain with dark themes.
- bsimpson 12y ago
  I don't have eyestrain problems on most devices, but the Retina MacBook I have at work wears my eyes out in just a few hours. I can stare at my Chromebook Pixel indefinitely without issue in the same environment.
mhomde 12y ago
I find using a dark theme when coding in the dark is better because the bright white background won't blast your face. light themes are better if you have a glossy display and there's some sunlight since you won't see so many reflections
chatmasta 12y ago
I've heard dark themes can actually damage your eyesight because the contrast isn't high enough. I like white themes because it's just like paper. Black text is easy to see.
- honksillet 12y ago
  Well, there are high contrast dark and light themes.

CmonDev 12y ago

Sublime people are creating promo pages for something like IDE themes? That's interesting.

Sir_Cmpwn 12y ago
Sublime is a culture of people where a larger portion of the users are design oriented when compared to most editors.
bstar77 12y ago
It's not just sublime, you can find the same thing for old textmate themes and even some vim themes.
- rkuykendall-com 12y ago
  > old textmate themes I really wish the people working on Textmate right now would do SOMETHING to indicate on the homepage that Textmate is now open source, free, and actively developed on Github. Instead, they leave the Textmate 1.0 homepage up and people think it's an archaic, dead editor :( 1st Google result ( years out of date ): http://macromates.com/ http://macromates.com/ 2nd Google result ( actually the current project ): https://github.com/textmate/textmate https://github.com/textmate/textmate
AceJohnny2 12y ago
I figure it was started by the popular Solarized color theme: http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized

stdgy 12y ago

Neat theme. I've been enjoying Space Gray for a few months now: http://kkga.github.io/spacegray/ http://kkga.github.io/spacegray/ Any other suggestions for somewhat minimal themes out there?

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Leimi 12y ago
Nil is pretty cool https://github.com/nilium/st2-nil-theme https://github.com/nilium/st2-nil-theme
- runaway 12y ago
  I switched to Nil w/ the Big Duo color scheme about a year ago and since then no other theme/scheme looks right. To me, it's the perfect use of contrast while still pleasing to the eye.
bsimpson 12y ago
I was also a big fan of Spacegray Eighties, but I recently switched to Oceanic Next. It's similar (but with a blue hue), and is supposed to work better with JS Harmony. https://github.com/voronianski/oceanic-next-theme https://github.com/voronianski/oceanic-next-theme
swah 12y ago
Soda Light theme + Mac Classic scheme works for me.

smhg 12y ago

Shameless plug: I created an ST3 plugin called SynCycle[1]. It switches themes at sunrise and sunset. e.g. a light theme during daytime and dark theme during nighttime. For who's interested: you can install it with Package Control. [1]: https://github.com/smhg/sublime-suncycle https://github.com/smhg/sublime-suncycle

baby 12y ago
Oh so a bit like f.lux but for Sublime :) nice
bsimpson 12y ago
I use dark themes whenever I can, but I could be convinced to use a similar package that let me switch themes on command. You could even call the bright command Go Outside and the dark one Go Inside.
smhg 12y ago
That should have been SunCycle, not SynCycle...

than 12y ago

This looks great. Here's the best Sublime replacement icon I've found: http://dewith.com/2014/muir-yosemite-icons-volume-ii/ http://dewith.com/2014/muir-yosemite-icons-volume-ii/

decentrality 12y ago

Before this I was using Soda Dark 3 -- also a theme which changes tabs, etc. After installing Afterglow, my tabs and sidebar are badly distorted and garbled after restarting SublimeText3 with the configuration lines added. Am I missing something, or do I need to clear something?

decentrality 12y ago
Tried clearing the Cache, etc. Still extremely distorted. Have had to revert back to Soda Dark until I can see why this is happening.
- decentrality 12y ago
  This is a known issue -- be advised: https://github.com/YabataDesign/afterglow-theme/issues/23 https://github.com/YabataDesign/afterglow-theme/issues/23
- decentrality 12y ago
  Solved this by NOT using Colorsublime, but using the Afterglow theme directly available from the Package Manager. I believe the one in Colorsublime is not 1.2.8 or newer.

fierycatnet 12y ago

Is there an easy way to port this to IntelliJ?

suyash 12y ago
I would love to have this theme in my IntelliJ too.

teekert 12y ago

Sorry for being a bit of topic but why is everybody so enthusiastic? I just installed the editor in Windows and it costs 70$! Is it that good? I remember installing it in Arch Linux for free without warnings... What is the deal? The website is not very clear on the exact license plus I found some alternatives that look the same on first glance (i.e. Lime Text).

Nemcue 12y ago
70$ is not much money if you use it 8 hours a day. Also, you can use it without paying — it'll show a popup window now and again telling you to buy it; just a minor annoyance.

sirwolfgang 12y ago

Anyone know what it would take to convert to atom.io?

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ziikutv 12y ago

Neat! I personally use the default theme with lighter syntax http://prntscr.com/6f4jp5 http://prntscr.com/6f4jp5

DevFactor 12y ago

I really like it! Would you mind if I used it in my YouTube series: https://www.youtube.com/user/devfactor https://www.youtube.com/user/devfactor ? It looks much more visible to me than the default color scheme with all the pinks.

wldcordeiro 12y ago

I've been using the port of Atom's Seti[0] in Sublime and can't see myself changing to one unless it has icon support like it now. [0]https://github.com/ctf0/Seti_ST3 https://github.com/ctf0/Seti_ST3

hobarrera 12y ago

Slightly OT: Does anyone know what font they're using in their screenshots?

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orand 12y ago
Inconsolata-g. http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/77079.html http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/77079.html

cabirum 12y ago

A suggestion to all theme designers, if I may: Line numbers are visual noise most of the time and can be distracting. Make them transparent, so I see them only when I'm looking for them. Same goes for indent guides, but make them slightly darker than background. Example: http://i.imgur.com/tQ46gWT.png http://i.imgur.com/tQ46gWT.png (modified Spacegray)

freshyill 12y ago

This looks a lot like the Railscasts theme, which has been around forever on Sublime, Textmate, and pretty much everything else. https://www.google.com/search?q=railscasts+theme&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=c1f_VKSUAcrtggSJs4PgAQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAw&biw=1510&bih=1267#imgdii=_ https://www.google.com/search?q=railscasts+theme&client=safa...

V-2 12y ago

Pretty on the screenshots, but I had troubles getting it to work, too (on Windows). Lots of scheme loading failures at first, then once I tried another recommended way to install it, I got plenty of visual quirks. I'm sure there is a way, but if I can't get a text editor theme to work in a couple of minutes, I move on :)