Theme Creator

Dev tools

editor theme generator

SHOW HN2015

91points
15comments
#287of 2,565 in 2015
Top 12%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.

Idea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful starting point for tool and themes

    From 1 comment
    • Current customization options are pretty crude, but this is a nice starting point, both for the tool and for a theme.
      nine_k on HN
  • Helpful for colorblind users wanting custom themes

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome. Being colorblind, I find many available/popular themes hard to work with/not in my taste. I feel this is something that should be an emacs-mode, though. You…
      jonrx on HN

Objections

  • Created themes do not display correctly in terminals

    From 1 comment
    • The created themes don't display correctly on terminals.
      Scarbutt on HN
  • Customization options are crude

    From 1 comment
    • Current customization options are pretty crude, but this is a nice starting point, both for the tool and for a theme.
      nine_k on HN

Requests

  • Make it an Emacs mode to test themes live

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome. Being colorblind, I find many available/popular themes hard to work with/not in my taste. I feel this is something that should be an emacs-mode, though. You…
      jonrx on HN
  • A equivalent for Vim

    From 1 comment
    • I do not want to be controversial but is there an equivalent for Vim?
      lnalx on HN

Questions

  • What font is used in the screenshots

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Existing Emacs themes on emacsthemes.caisah.info

    From 1 comment
    • Here are dozens of existing themes: http://emacsthemes.caisah.info
      melling on HN
  • Zenburn theme

    From 1 comment
    • I've tried lots of themes, but I keep going back to Bozhidar Batsov's Zenburn[1], which ships as the default theme with the same author's Emacs Prelude[2]. [1]…
      michaelsbradley on HN
  • Vivify and Villustrator for Vim

    From 1 comment
    • I'm not a vim user, so I cannot vouch for it, but is Villustrator [0] or Vivify [1] helpful? 0: http://www.villustrator.com/ 1: http://bytefluent.com/vivify/
      gknoy on HN

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