Light (& dark) color scheme inspired by iA Writer
A light (and dark) color scheme for Vim inspired by iA Writer
The pencil color scheme takes its inspiration from iA Writer, an elegant word processor available on the iOS and OSX platforms.
This Vim color scheme features:
_and
*markup for _italic_, **bold** and ***bold italic*** styled text in Markdown
Currently requires vim >= 7.0
For a basic install simply copy the color scheme file to your
~/.vim/colorsdirectory.
For full support in which the airline theme is available, install using Pathogen, Vundle, Neobundle, or your favorite Vim package manager.
If you’re looking for greater contrast, set the following global in your
.vimrc:
let g:pencil_higher_contrast_ui = 0 " 0=low (def), 1=high
It currently only affects the blacks and grays.
When using a filetype of markdown, the ‘#’ heading text is shaded dark blue by default. This compensates for the lack of a visual cue found in iA Writer where the heading indicators are inside the left margin.
If you’re looking for neutral heading colors:
let g:pencil_neutral_headings = 1 " 0=blue (def), 1=normal
Similar to the rendered markdown found on GitHub,
inlineand
fencedcode blocks will have a subtle gray background.
If you’re looking for neutral code background:
let g:pencil_neutral_code_bg = 1 " 0=gray (def), 1=normal
See
g:pencil_higher_contrast_uiabove for adjusting the code background contrast.
For users of Signify or gitgutter, indicators will be subtle monochrome by default. If you prefer colored indicators, set the following global:
let g:pencil_gutter_color = 1 " 0=mono (def), 1=color
You can choose between
undercurland
underlinein highlighting misspelled words.
let g:pencil_spell_undercurl = 1 " 0=underline, 1=undercurl (def)
Non-spell underlines remain non-curled.
If you're using Vim in the terminal and your terminal supports italics, you can opt-in to italic support for some syntax highlighting, such as comments, by setting the following global:
let g:pencil_terminal_italics = 1
A matching theme for the Airline status bar plugin is available. Enable by adding to your
.vimrc:
let g:airline_theme = 'pencil'
The pencil color scheme supports the highlighting groups in the tpope/vim-markdown syntax plugin, to take advantage of Vim’s Conceal feature to hide
_and
*markup for _italic_, **bold** and ***bold italic*** styled text in Markdown
See the vim-pencil plugin for details on automatically enabling this feature.
For more details on Vim’s Conceal feature, see:
:help conceallevel :help concealcursor
Just like any other color scheme:
:colorscheme pencil
You can toggle between the light and dark variants:
:set background=dark :set background=light
Like any other color scheme, you can add these commands to your
.vimrc.
iA Writer uses a typeface called ‘Nitti Light’ by Blue Monday. ($)
Free alternatives with bold and italic support include:
Cousine is a good match for Nitti Light.
If you find this colorscheme useful, you may want to check out these plugins by @reedes:
The README in thematic has more details on setting up emulation of iA Writer.
Thanks to those who have helped improve the pencil color scheme:
If you’ve spotted a problem or have an idea on improving this color scheme, please post it to the github project issue page.