[python] desert theme for IDLE editor :)

[beeman]

I just created a theme for Python's IDLE editor, because the default theme was just a bit too bright for me...

Maybe someone else is interested in it so I thought i'd share it here... :)

It is based on the 'desert' theme from jEdit.

Installing:

Close IDLE (if open)
Add the lines below to ~/.idlerc/config-highlight.cfg
Start IDLE
Click Options -> Configure IDLE
Click the highlighting tab
Select a Custom Theme
Select desert
Click OK


~/.idlerc/config-highlight.cfg
[desert]
definition-foreground = #98fb98
error-foreground = #ff0000
string-background = #333333
keyword-foreground = #cc6600
normal-foreground = #f0e68c
comment-background = #333333
hit-foreground = #ffffff
break-foreground = black
builtin-background = #333333
stdout-foreground = #eeeeee
cursor-foreground = #ffcc00
hit-background = #333333
comment-foreground = #87ceeb
hilite-background = gray
definition-background = #333333
stderr-background = #333333
break-background = #ffff55
console-foreground = #87ceeb
normal-background = #333333
builtin-foreground = #519e51
stdout-background = #333333
console-background = #333333
stderr-foreground = #ff3e40
keyword-background = #333333
string-foreground = #ffa0a0
hilite-foreground = #000000
error-background = #000000

And ofcourse some screenies. Light = before, dark = after... :)

[ankursethi]

Nice :)

[Kadrus]

Sweet dude..nice work..

[lioujian47]

i love it,thans a lot:guitar:

[rlameiro]

Sweet!! really cool!

It is my default theme now!

Thanks!

[bsod1]

how can i add this theme in windows?

[beeman]

how can i add this theme in windows?

Yes you can, i have used it. :) You just need to find out where the location of the idlerc directory is. Could be in the root of c:\ , or in your user profile (c:\Documents and Settings\<username>\)

[bsod1]

thank you, its great

[TheAbu]

Thank you very much, and it fits really nicely with the KDE4 color scheme I use (Silver and Grey). Very much appreciated :)

[beeman]

I'm glad you guys like it :)

[MrGrumpyArse]

Thank you

Just "having a go" at learning a little python and after 10 mins my eyes were struggling with the glaring white back ground of IDLE.

This is much easier to look at :P

Regards

MrGrumpyArse

[nvteighen]

Thank you

Just "having a go" at learning a little python and after 10 mins my eyes were struggling with the glaring white back ground of IDLE.

This is much easier to look at :P

Regards

MrGrumpyArse

Yeah, white on dark is a much more comfortable setup to work on screens... It makes your eyes become tired much slower than having a luminous clear background.

[sysop]

Like everyone else here in this thread...

Thank you!! Very nice, and more importantly very easy on the eyes.

[durand]

Very nice, however IDLE is awful. Why does anyone still use it? (just curious)

[Blue Rose]

Thanks! my new default theme :D That white background is way too harsh... Desert is nice :D

[vevel]

Very nice, however IDLE is awful. Why does anyone still use it? (just curious)

It's minimalistic and reasonably configurable (as this thread shows). It's great for small projects. But it's a matter of taste, no?

[durand]

It's a matter of taste but it seems to me that a lot of people assume that IDLE is the only python IDE just because it's packaged with python on windows. I don't really understand why it is still in use in any case, it looks pretty dated to me.

[vevel]

[...] it looks pretty dated to me.

Well, I also use vim/vi and like the command line, both of which are very dated.
Usually I like the more minimal solutions -- gedit with a few plugins (console, etc.), bypthon, ipython, vi + bash -- so that shows where I'm at. I take it from your signature that you're a fan of SPE?
There are lots of options for IDE's and editors, as well as other pages and other threads talking about them, so of course I would encourage people to explore the options. I also think if you spend too much time exploring you'll forget to actually get to work programming.
Here's one page on editors: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEditors
It looks like it doesn't currently include 'dreampie' -- which I will try again soon: http://dreampie.sourceforge.net/

Also, though I like the 'desert' theme here a little better, here's another:
Shane Ferguson's implementation of the Steam theme for idle (http://www.shaneferguson.com/idle-steam-theme/)

[durand]

dreampie does look pretty cool there! The reason I use SPE is that it has pychecker built in which saves me soo much time finding errors and stuff as it underlines syntax errors while you type. The only other editor I've found which also does this is UliPad so I'm currently using that because SPE isn't developed anymore.. I do like using vim but I can't really be productive without my error checking. I guess that's where our programming styles are different :)

[Penguin Guy]

Nice theme, but I've always used text editor and terminal.

[Blue Rose]

I'm just starting to learn python, I've never programmed much.
The book I am using it "Learning Python", the author uses IDLE in the examples, so I figured I would start there too :-)

Which editors do you use/prefer and why? (I don't see myself sticking too IDLE forever)

[cragthehack]

From like 3 years late... THANKS to the OP.