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User defined color schemes in IDE

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Graeme Geldenhuys

Hi,

The IDE already supports color schemes (Default, Twilight, Delphi, Ocean, etc...). Could we can also customize the schemes to suit our needs. This is the first thing I do after a new lazarus profile has been created.

Why can't we save our color schemes to file so they appear in the "color scheme" combo box? After we customised our scheme, simply click on the "save scheme as..." button - if there was one. That way we can also share color schemes with other users or easily copy the schemes to our second development pc. Maybe the profile directory could contain a "color_scheme" directory with all the user define color schemes.

The idea of color schemes is already fully supported in the IDE, so the user definable schemes should be very easy to add (for somebody familiar with the IDE code).

Your thoughts? Should I add this as a feature request in Mantis?

Some color schemes I like:

* My own one as seen in the screenshots at
http://wiki.freepascal.org/New_IDE_features_since
* Humane at http://damieng.com/blog/2007/10/14/colour-schemes-for-visual-studio
* Distant Shores at
http://winterdom.com/2008/03/distantshoresavisualstudiocolorscheme

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- Graeme -

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Graeme Geldenhuys
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Some color schemes I like: ?* My own one as seen in the screenshots at http://wiki.freepascal.org/New_IDE_features_since ?* Humane at http://damieng.com/blog/2007/10/14/colour-schemes-for-visual-studio ?* Distant Shores at http://winterdom.com/2008/03/distantshoresavisualstudiocolorscheme

And for those color blind and non-arty developers (most of us really) or somebody that just doesn't have a clue what colors go nicely together. The following website has loads of color palettes that show colors that complement each other. Think "visually pleasing". :-)

http://www.colourlovers.com/

For example:
http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/269469/Stormy_Seashore

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- Graeme -

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Graeme Geldenhuys
to Graeme Geldenhuys: The IDE already supports color schemes (Default, Twilight, Delphi, Ocean, etc...). Could…
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote
Some color schemes I like:

And to give others some more ideas.... Here is a whole bunch of them.

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VisualStudioProgrammerThemesGallery.aspx

Overall, I'm a "black background" guy. White backgrounds are just to harsh on the eyes. ;-)

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- Graeme -

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Gerard N/A
to Graeme Geldenhuys: And for those color blind and non-arty developers (most of us really) or somebody that…
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote 6 lines
And for those color blind and non-arty developers (most of us really) or somebody that just doesn't have a clue what colors go nicely together. The following website has loads of color palettes that show colors that complement each other. Think "visually pleasing". :-) ?http://www.colourlovers.com/

Another cool site about colours with interesting tools: http://kuler.adobe.com.

Regards,

Gerard.

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