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The Saga Continues: deez-notes v0.2.0

Chapter V: The Complaint

Barely three hours after the release of v0.1.0, a lone developer — known only as u/xX_DarkTerminal_Xx — posted on r/commandline:

"Just tried deez-notes. It's fast, I'll give it that. But why does it look like a PowerPoint from 2003? Every TUI I have is Catppuccin Mocha. This one? Terminal default gray. My eyes are bleeding. 2/10 would not rice."

The post received 847 upvotes and a "Helpful" award.

Chapter VI: The Creator Listens

By pure coincidence — or perhaps divine intervention — the creator of deez-notes was doom-scrolling Reddit at 2 AM instead of sleeping like a responsible adult.

"He's right," the creator whispered, staring at the hardcoded Color::Cyan scattered across 48 lines of code. "We can do better."

And so began The Great Refactoring.

Chapter VII: The Palette Wars

48 hardcoded colors were slain. In their place rose 11 semantic color roles — a system so elegant it made design system engineers weep:

Role Purpose
fg_primary Main text — no more random Color::White
fg_secondary Muted text, dates, the stuff you half-ignore
accent Borders, headings — the "look at me" color
highlight Status messages, inline code — the "hey, this matters" color
success Green stuff that means "good job"
error Red stuff that means "oh no"
bg_main The background — finally configurable, no more terminal roulette
bg_bar Status & search bar background
bg_selection Selected item glow
fg_selection Text on selected items
tag_colors Because tags deserve to be fabulous

Chapter VIII: The Six Themes

Six themes were forged in the fires of hex codes:

  • 🖥️ Terminal — The OG. Respects your terminal's palette like a polite guest.
  • 🐱 Catppuccin — For u/xX_DarkTerminal_Xx and the other 847 upvoters. You're welcome.
  • 🎨 Monokai — For those who peaked in the Sublime Text era (no shame).
  • 🧊 Nord — Cold, Scandinavian, minimalist. Like your commit messages should be.
  • 🌽 Gruvbox — Warm, retro, earthy. Like a terminal from a cozy cabin.
  • 🦇 Darcula — For JetBrains refugees who miss the darkness.

Press Ctrl+P to open the theme selector and browse them like you're picking a Netflix show.

Chapter IX: The Custom Path

"But what if I want MY OWN theme?" asked another Redditor, immediately.

Done. Add [[themes]] blocks to your config.toml:

[[themes]]
name = "Sakura"
fg_primary = "#e8d5c4"
fg_secondary = "#7a6b63"
accent = "#f0a0b0"
highlight = "#f5c6aa"
success = "#b4d9a0"
error = "#e06070"
bg_main = "#1e1518"
bg_bar = "#2a2025"
bg_selection = "#f0a0b0"
fg_selection = "#1e1518"
tag_colors = ["#f0a0b0", "#b4d9a0", "#f5c6aa", "#a0c4e8", "#d0a0e0", "#e0c080"]

Colors accept named values (cyan, red) or hex (#rrggbb). Custom themes appear alongside built-ins in the Ctrl+P selector.

Chapter X: What Else?

  • Ctrl+K now opens the help dialog (because F1 is so 1995)
  • Rust edition bumped from 2021 to 2024 (we live in the future now)
  • README updated with theme documentation

Epilogue II: The Response

u/xX_DarkTerminal_Xx edited his post:

"UPDATE: The madman actually did it. Catppuccin support AND custom themes. Changing my rating to 9/10. Minus one point because it still doesn't make coffee. Yet."

The creator smiled, closed Reddit, and opened a new issue titled "feat: coffee brewing integration."

Updating

Linux:

curl -L https://github.com/BaLaurent/deez-notes/releases/latest/download/deez-notes-linux-amd64 -o deez-notes
chmod +x deez-notes
sudo mv deez-notes /usr/bin/deez-notes

Windows:
Download deez-notes-windows-amd64.exe from the releases page and replace the existing binary in your PATH.

From source:

cd deez-notes
git pull
cargo install --path .

Your config.toml is untouched — existing configuration carries over automatically. New features (themes, Ctrl+P, Ctrl+K) just work out of the box.

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0

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