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diff --git a/doc/manual/08_Themes.md b/doc/manual/08_Themes.md deleted file mode 100644 index b40135e2..00000000 --- a/doc/manual/08_Themes.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,88 +0,0 @@ -# Themes - -Textadept's look and feel can be customized with themes. The themes that come -with Textadept are `light` and `dark`'. By default the `light` theme is used. To -change the theme, create a `~/.textadept/theme` file whose first line of text is -the name of the theme you would like to use. - - - - - -Themes apply to all buffers. You cannot assign a theme to a particular file or -filetype. You can change things like tab and indent settings per filetype -however by creating a [language-specific module]. - -[language-specific module]: 7_Modules.html#Buffer.Properties - -## Creating or Modifying Themes - -Each theme is a single folder on the filesystem composed of three files: -`lexer.lua`, `buffer.lua`, and `view.lua`. It is recommended to put themes in -your `~/.textadept/themes/` directory so they will not be overwritten when you -update Textadept. Themes in that directory override any themes in Textadept's -`themes/` directory. This means that if you have your own `light` theme, it will -be loaded instead of the one that comes with Textadept. - -To use a theme not located in `~/.textadept/themes/` or Textadept's `themes/` -directory, you need to specify an absolute path to the theme's folder in your -`~/.textadept/theme` file. - -### Lexer - -Textadept uses lexers to assign names to buffer elements like comments, strings, -and keywords. These elements are assigned styles composed of font and color -information in the theme's `lexer.lua`. See the `Styling Tokens` section of the -[lexer][] page for more information on how to create styles and colors. - -[lexer]: ../api/lexer.html - -### Buffer - -`buffer.lua` contains buffer-specific properties like indentation size and -whether or not to use tabs. For example, to set the default tab size to 4 and -use tabs: - - buffer.tab_width = 4 - buffer.use_tabs = true - buffer.indent = 4 - -See the [LuaDoc][] for documentation on the properties. - -[LuaDoc]: ../api/buffer.html - -### View - -`view.lua` contains view-specific properties like caret and selection colors. -See the [LuaDoc][] for documentation on the properties. - -[LuaDoc]: ../api/buffer.html - -## Testing Themes - -You can reload or switch between themes on the fly using `Ctrl+Shift+T` (⌘⇧T on -Mac OSX), but be aware that the Scintilla views do not reset themselves, so any -options set explicitly in the previous theme's `view.lua` file that are not set -explicitly in the new theme will carry over. The switch feature is intended -primarily for theme exploration and/or development and can be slow when many -buffers or views are open. - -Any errors that occur in the theme are printed to `io.stderr`. - -## Theming the GUI - -There is no way to theme GUI controls like text fields and buttons from within -Textadept. Instead, use [GTK Resource files][]. The `GtkWindow` name is -`textadept`. For example, styling all text fields with a -`"textadept-entry-style"` would be done like this: - - widget "textadept*GtkEntry*" style "textadept-entry-style" - -[GTK Resource files]: http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/gtk-Resource-Files.html - -## Getting Themes - -For now, user-created themes are obtained from the [wiki][]. The classic `dark`, -`light`, and `scite` themes prior to version 4.3 have been moved there. - -[wiki]: http://caladbolg.net/textadeptwiki |