Note: Built and Tested on TextMate 2 only. I have no idea if this will run on TextMate 1. The themes generated should also work with Sublime Text 2.
An easier(?) way to generate TextMate themes (from within TextMate) than to edit those pesky .plist files manually. I created it for my own use so I could have multiple themes by document type, but maybe it could be helpful to others.
Create a new file using the BlankTheme.tmcsv as a starting point. Make sure you:
- Change the
nameelement as this is what will be used to create the theme file and bundle - Change the
uuidfield otherwise the theme will not load. On OS X, just runuuidgenfrom the command line and paste in the new UUID.
The file format is standard CSV with the ability to comment out lines. Comments are lines starting with //. Also, no blank lines and no line breaks within lines, please.
The first element of the line defines its type:
There can be only one header line, this is used to name and configure the bundle. Replace the Author, Name, theme.Name and UUID for new themes. Do not generate the new theme until this is done.
This line must have six and only six colors, one for
- Background (the whole screen)
- Foreground (default text)
- Caret
- Selection color
- Invisible element color
- The highlighted line color
It is recommended that you start with the default scope lines from BlankTheme.tmcsv, then add your own.
Each Scope line must contain at least the following elements:
- Scope Name
- Background color OR nil
- Foreground color OR nil
- fontStyle (one of bold, italic, underline or nil)
- One or more TextMate scopes separated by commas (or spaces for embedded scopes). For more on how to use these scopes see the TextMate manual.
For example:
// Type, author, name, semanticClass, uuid
Header, Hilton Lipschitz, CombinedCasts, theme.combinedcasts, 570BB45C-486D-44A6-8683-CFE4F63CE651
// Type, background, foreground, caret, selection, invisibles, lineHighlight
Main, #232323, #E6E1DC, #888888, #5A647EE0, #404040, #333435
// Type, name, background, foreground, fontStyle (bold, italic, underline), scopes (comma separated)
Scope, Comment, nil, #BC9458, italic, comment
Scope, String, nil, #9AB253, nil, string
Scope, Number, nil, #9AB253, nil, constant.numeric
Scope, Built-in constant, nil, #6E9CBE, nil, constant.language
Scope, User-defined constant, nil, #6E9CBE, nil, constant.character, constant.other
Scope, Variable, nil, #D0D0FF, nil, variable.language, variable.other
...
Hit ⌘R to run the script in the bundle to generate (or update the theme). This bundle saves the newly generated theme in the Avian folder under Library / Application Support which works great for the current Alpha.
Then set your current TextMate theme to the new theme name. It will appear on the menu under View / Theme.
Note that the current editor window does not change. To see your theme changes, switch to another tab showing another file and switch back. Sometimes you need to do this once or twice as TextMate catches up. Also make sure you do not have a theme specified in any .tm_properties files or the new theme will not refresh.
You can now iterate by editing the tmcsv file, ⌘R the generator, and flipping tabs.
I have also included two scripts in the repo:
parseTheme.rb enables you to generate a .tmcsv file from an existing theme to see how it looks and works. It searches TextMate's default themes, managed themes, Avian themes or your current folder. The most common use is to write the default tmcsv file, e.g.:
bin/parseTheme -w Zenburnesque
Which will produce Zenburnesque.tmcsv.
genTheme.rb generates a .plist version of the tmcsv file and saves that to your current folder. If you use the -b parameter, genTheme.rb will try to create or update the bundle. If you use the -w parameter, it creates a .tmTheme file locally for you.
bin/genTheme -w MyNewTheme.tmcsv
Which will create MyNewTheme.tmTheme. Cool.
To install:
git clone git://github.com/hiltmon/textmate-theme-csv
cd textmate-theme-csv
Then drag and drop the ThemeCSV.tmbundle using Finder to ~\Library\Application Support\Avian\Bundles.
Source can be viewed or forked via GitHub: http://github.com/hiltmon/textmate-theme-csv.
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