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| author | CJ van den Berg | 2022-01-07 18:14:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Benoît Cortier | 2022-01-07 21:04:34 +0000 |
| commit | 1af8dd9912d655cfc47979d40738ee4ebaa2521a (patch) | |
| tree | bc9d9f5a5fd0df100ce7489f017c02de72a88ab3 /book/src | |
| parent | a8fd33ac012a79069ef1409503a2edcf3a585153 (diff) | |
Rework beginning of themes chapter
The specifics of configuring themes has caused some confusion. Hopefully this will clarify things a little.
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diff --git a/book/src/themes.md b/book/src/themes.md index 8eee334b..7474122f 100644 --- a/book/src/themes.md +++ b/book/src/themes.md @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ # Themes -First you'll need to place selected themes in your `themes` directory (i.e `~/.config/helix/themes`), the directory might have to be created beforehand. +To use a theme add `theme = "<name>"` to your [`config.toml`](./configuration.md) at the very top of the file before the first section or select it during runtime using `:theme <name>`. -To use a custom theme add `theme = <name>` to your [`config.toml`](./configuration.md) or override it during runtime using `:theme <name>`. +## Creating a theme -The default theme.toml can be found [here](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/theme.toml), and user submitted themes [here](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/runtime/themes). +Create a file with the name of your theme as file name (i.e `mytheme.toml`) and place it in your `themes` directory (i.e `~/.config/helix/themes`). The directory might have to be created beforehand. -## Creating a theme +The names "default" and "base16_default" are reserved for the builtin themes and cannot be overridden by user defined themes. -First create a file with the name of your theme as file name (i.e `mytheme.toml`) and place it in your `themes` directory (i.e `~/.config/helix/themes`). +The default theme.toml can be found [here](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/theme.toml), and user submitted themes [here](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/runtime/themes). Each line in the theme file is specified as below: |