20140527 programmers editor styling - plembo/onemoretech GitHub Wiki

title: Programmer's editor styling link: https://onemoretech.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/programmers-editor-styling/ author: phil2nc description: post_id: 7717 created: 2014/05/27 16:55:27 created_gmt: 2014/05/27 20:55:27 comment_status: closed post_name: programmers-editor-styling status: publish post_type: post

Programmer's editor styling

After over a decade of staring at lines and lines of black on white text I decided my eyes needed a break. Time to enable a light on dark theme for my text editing. On Linux I mostly use gedit. On Windows, Notepad++. Recent versions of each offer at least one theme, that with a little tweaking can make long sessions at the editor a little bit more bearable.

Gedit on Linux

My desktop is the Gnome Shell, so I invoke gedit by clicking on the icon under Accessories. To change the theme used I have to right click on the task bar icon for the running program and select "Preferences". Preferences.. Font and Colors... Editor Font: DejaVu Sans Mono Bold ... 12 Color Scheme: Oblivion

Notepad++ on Windows

Settings... Style Configurator Select theme: Obsidian Global Font Style... Font name: DejaVu Sans Mono Check "Bold" Font Size: 12 Check "Enable global font", "Enable global font size", "Enable global bold font style".