QWqwertox·Jan 10, 2025
I use that in combination with base16-shell [0] to set different color profiles as a protection.
[0] https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell
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7 sourcesI'm not sure if eddyg had a different idea, but I think the following sums it up:
- base16 is a specification of how different UI elements map to colors [1], and also some tooling, configuration files, etc. to automate setting this up for many different applications.
- For a user to be able to use base16 with a tool, either:
- Allow the user to set their preferred colors for UI elements at a semantic level, preferrably in a config file, and even more preferrably in a separate file that can be included into the main config file so that it's easier to automate (i.e. I have a separate `colors.sh` that is loaded in my `.zshrc`).
- Let the user set their shell colors however they want (presumably using [2]), and use the ANSI shell colors (and a few more) according to the base16 style guide [1]. Some translation between shell colors
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and base16 colors will be necessary, e.g. base16 says that a language keyword should use the color base0E, which in [2] corresponds to ANSI shell color 13.
My impression is that the base16 specification is not sufficiently general for most tools to implement it in a totally unbambiguous way, but if users can set their own colorschemes with a config file, it's not hard for a user to come up with a base16-approximating colorscheme template file, from which other users can generate a config file that sets a specific base16 colorscheme.
[1]: https://github.com/chriskempson/base16/blob/main/styling.md
[2]: https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell
I'm a huge fan of the base16 color schemes - not for their appearance (though most look great), but for their ease of integration within the shell and vim. Just clone the repos below, drop a few lines in your shellrc/vimrc, then use a single bash command to change the scheme in both. No more mucking with Xresources.
https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell
https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-vim
In Vim Color SchemesI'm currently using base16-summerfruit-dark. The light version is good too, but search in vim doesn't have enough contrast for it to be practical.
https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell
In Ask HN: What's your favourite ZSH theme?My main issue is the terminal emulator. MinTTY is the only I can get to work like I want with colors and fonts, but I still miss ligatures and the performances are bad.
I'd really like something faster with full color and font support I can SSH from.
By true color support, I mean this: https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell
I use it to change my colors depending on the machine I am on. If I log onto a production server, the color scheme switch to high contrast with red background.
In Microsoft Adds an OpenSSH Client to Windows 10As floatboth pointed out above, it is possible to use a shell script [1] to dynamically change terminal colour mapping. Add this as "LocalCommand" to appropriate "Host staging-foo" and "Host production-bar" sections of the ~/.ssh/config file, and you're all set.
[1] https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell
In St – A simple terminal implementation for X> to change font, colour scheme, or hotkeys/shortcuts
No, you don't have to recompile it. For shortcuts, sure, but I haven't used any st shortcuts besides font size +/-.
Colors can be changed via the shell e.g. https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell and the font is passed via the -f flag.
In St – A simple terminal implementation for X