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+*ps_color.txt* PSC For Vim version 6.3 Last change: 17 November 2004
+
+
+PERSONAL COLOUR SWITCHER *ps_colour* *pscolor*
+
+
+Author: Pan, Shizhu. <dicpan> at <hotmail o com> >
+ (prepend '[VIM]' in the title or your mail may be silently removed.)
+<
+==============================================================================
+CONTENTS *psc* *psc-contents*
+
+ 1. Contents.....................|psc-contents|
+ 2. PSC Overview.................|psc-overview|
+ 3. PSC Installation.............|psc-usage|
+ 4. PSC Options..................|psc-options|
+ 5. PSC under color term ........|psc-cterm|
+ 6. PSC FAQ and Tips ............|psc-faq|
+ 7. PSC Release notes............|psc-release-notes|
+ 8. PSC Todo List................|psc-todo|
+
+For release notes, please see the header of ps_color.vim
+
+==============================================================================
+PSC FEATURES OVERVIEW *psc-features* *psc-overview*
+
+ Features ~
+
+ . PSC is firstly a color scheme which have both dark and light
+ background styles.
+ . It can have the same appearance in [cterm] as in [gui].
+ . It is designed with gentle color to minimize fatigue of eye.
+ . It also works with other color schemes.
+ . Default foreground and background can easily be changed, it is more
+ configurable than most other color schemes
+ . Works with the optional tool reloaded.vim, can change the whole
+ color scheme in Hue,Saturation,Luminance color space.
+
+ Design Concern ~
+
+ At the first glance this color scheme may look pretty 'dull', don't be
+ afraid, this is quite normal. Bear in mind that a text editor is not
+ a photo album, if a text editor looks exciting you may not be able to
+ stare at it for a long time.
+
+ Predefined Vim Syntax highlighting can be too colorful or contrasty so
+ that many programmers prefer to switch off the syntax highlighting at
+ work. That is not a good idea because you will lost the advantages of
+ syntax high-lighting. It is often the case that we have to work for
+ 300+ minutes, then I decide to do-it-myself.
+
+ Many user-defined color schemes in vim.sf.net tend to achieve low
+ contrast by having a strong color-cast, i.e. looks blueish or
+ yellowish or reddish. This does look comfortable at first, however,
+ any type of color-cast will cause the eyes less sensitive for
+ particular color after a long-time work session, and that's no good to
+ health.
+
+ Efforts had been made to ensure no color-cast for this scheme, all
+ elementary colors like RGB and CYMK are evenly used. Like TeX,
+ 'consistency' is the principle this color scheme based on. Default
+ values which hurt consistency are amended according to the vim script
+ syntax/hitest.vim
+
+ There are 3 parameters to describe a color: Hue, Saturation and
+ Brightness. In this color scheme, the saturation is low and the
+ brightness are designed to be very close to each other in order not to
+ fatigue our eyes after a whole day's programming work.
+
+ Portability ~
+
+ Different monitor settings led to different look. In this color
+ scheme, it is assumed that the monitor adjust at 6500k color
+ temperature with a good gamma curve. If you have a 9300k monitor or
+ if the gamma curve is not optimal, the appearance may be less
+ comfortable, use adobe gamma loader or similar tools to adjust
+ your monitor if your monitor do not have the option to change color
+ temperature and/or gamma curve.
+
+ Needless to say, VI is an editor originally designed to do edit tasks
+ in a text terminal, and VIM is an improved version of VI. Its a shame
+ that a color scheme cannot have a satisfactory appearance in cterm.
+ The cterm compatibility should be considered high priority when
+ designing ViM color scheme.
+
+ I had made much attempt to make support for 8-color terminals,
+ however, 8 colors is not enough to represent a color scheme. Finally
+ I end up making the cterm support for 16-color terminal. Have to say
+ sorry if the color scheme sucks in your 8-color terminal, I had tried
+ my best. More details about cterm please see |psc-cterm|.
+
+ *psc-about-background*
+ About the Background ~
+
+ We have talked about off-white backgrounds, any background which is
+ not black, grey or white should be changed constantly in order not to
+ make the eyes less sensitive to particular color. i.e. you can use
+ blue background on Monday, red background on Tuesday, green background
+ on Wednesday, but if you use blue background everyday, that's no good
+ to your health.
+
+ Now we talk about the brightness of the background. Why dark
+ background is preferred over others? There are many reasons, such as,
+ the monitor emits lower radiation for black background. You may have
+ lots of similar reasons...
+
+ But I'll talk about something you may not know:
+>
+ It is easier to distinguish foreground colors on a dark background
+ than on a light background.
+
+ At the same time, it is easier to distinguish background colors on
+ a light background than on a dark background.
+
+ We will mainly change foreground colors for syntax highlighting.
+<
+ Hence, we can reduce the contrast and saturation of the color in
+ a dark-background scheme, while retain the readability. Schemes with
+ white background usually comes with higher contrast and saturation.
+ This is probably the most important reason that the color scheme is
+ designed to be dark-background instead of light one.
+
+ Now we came to know, that change the foreground color is enough to
+ emphasis text in a dark background, while for a white background, we
+ need to change the font shape (bold or italic, etc.), or change the
+ background color to effectively emphasis the text. This is probably
+ the reason Vim default scheme has bold properties for highlighting
+ groups, because the default scheme is a light background one.
+
+ No one knows what color scheme is best for you, except yourself. Try!
+
+==============================================================================
+PSC INSTALLATION *psc-usage*
+
+ Step 1, Enable the color scheme ~
+
+ To use PSC is simple, just put ps_color.vim into your
+ [runtimepath]/colors and append the line >
+
+ colorscheme ps_color
+<
+ to your |.vimrc|. The [runtimepath] can be any directory listed in
+ |vimfiles|, normally your $HOME/.vim in Unix or $HOME/vimfiles in
+ Windows.
+
+ Step 2, Install the help document ~
+
+ The help document will be automatically installed when the colorscheme
+ be sourced the first time. If it is not, type :colo ps_color now.
+
+ After successfully installed the help document, you can use >
+
+ :help psc-options
+<
+ to go to the following section.
+
+==============================================================================
+PSC OPTIONS *psc-options*
+
+ You can let these options in your ~/.vimrc, most options works for
+ both GUI and cterm, only some of them do not work for both.
+
+ Options set using the 'let' command must present [BEFORE] the color
+ scheme been sourced.
+
+ *psc_style*
+ Style ~
+>
+ let psc_style='cool'
+ let psc_style='warm'
+ let psc_style='default'
+ let psc_style='defdark'
+<
+ This selects between styles of colors,
+ The 'cool' is the default, dark background.
+ The 'warm' is the experimental, light background scheme.
+
+ See |psc-about-background| for more knowledge about the background,
+ and the differences of two style.
+
+ The 'default' and 'defdark' refers to Vim system default color scheme.
+ Which are provided only for reference.
+
+ Let psc_style to any string other than the above 4 will switch to the
+ specified color scheme. For example, let psc_style='desert' and then
+ activate the ps_color, the color scheme will be chosen according to
+ desert.vim color scheme.
+
+ *psc_cterm_style*
+ Color Term Style ~
+>
+ let psc_cterm_style='cool'
+<
+ This is exactly the same to psc_style, except that it only affects the
+ console version of vim in a color terminal, the 'warm' is not
+ available for cterm.
+ By default, it will be set to the same value as 'psc_style'. You can
+ change it if you want different style in cterm from gui.
+
+
+ *psc_fontface*
+ Font face ~
+>
+ let psc_fontface='plain'
+ let psc_fontface='mixed'
+<
+ The Vim default behavior is the 'mixed', however, the mixed font style
+ in a dark colorscheme is not optimal. This color uses 'plain' for
+ 'cool' style, i.e. No texts are bolded font. For 'warm', the default
+ is still 'mixed', If you want the mixed style in which the highlighted
+ statements are bolded font, choose this. If you want all texts be
+ bolded, choose 'plain' and specify a bolded guifont or terminal font.
+
+ In GUI, this option also works for other color schemes. You can
+ disable the bold font and use your favorite color scheme. See
+ |psc-faq-ffothers| for detail.
+
+ *psc_inversed_todo*
+ Inversed Todo ~
+>
+ let psc_inversed_todo=1
+<
+ When set to 1, the TODO group will be dark background with light font,
+ Otherwise, the TODO group have light background with dark foreground.
+ Default is 0.
+
+ *psc_use_default_for_cterm*
+ Use default for cterm (obsoleted)~
+
+ This option is Obsoleted, retained only for backward compatibility,
+ see |psc_cterm_style| for alternative.
+
+ *psc_statement_different_from_type*
+ Statement different from type ~
+>
+ let psc_statement_different_from_type=1
+<
+ The Statement-group and Type-group are easy to distinguish, different
+ color for them are not necessary, I use similar color for S-group
+ & T-group in order not to make the screen too 'colorful', also this
+ saves a color name for cterm. But if you do want the Statement & Type
+ to be different color, try 'let statement_different_from_type=1' in
+ your .vimrc file, which is available only for GUI. Since the color
+ names in cterm is limited to 16 we cannot have too many different
+ colors in cterm.
+ Default is 0, i.e. they have very similar color.
+
+ *psc-change-background*
+ Changing the Background color ~
+
+ You may prefer a dark background over pure black one, and it is
+ possible to change the background, this may make life more interesting.
+ To do this is quite straight forward for GUI, just define the Normal
+ highlight in your .gvimrc, [AFTER] the color scheme has been sourced.
+
+ For example:
+>
+ highlight Normal guibg=#103040
+<
+ The #103040 will give a taste similar to oceandeep, #152535 for
+ hhazure, #303030 for desert, #404040 for zenburn... Replace #103040
+ with any color you like. You can do the same to guifg foreground if
+ you are careful enough, remember this is only possible with ps_color
+ version 2.7 or above, and only possible for GUI.
+
+ You can do this to the NonText group also, for example.
+>
+ highlight NonText guibg=#202020
+<
+ will give you a taste similar to most color schemes on vim.sf.net, in
+ which the NonText has a different background than Normal text.
+ However, this is only useful in GUI, in cterm, there are only
+ 8 background colors, so it is wise not to have a different color.
+
+ If you want more variations, please try the optional utility
+ reloaded.vim, this optional utility provides an amazing level of
+ customization.
+
+ Quick switching between warm and cold styles ~
+
+ Here is an example to define hot key of different style switching,
+ note that I had only given this example without actually define it.
+ You can choose to define it in .vimrc or anyway you prefer.
+>
+ nnoremap <Leader>pc :let psc_style='cool'<CR>:colo ps_color<CR>
+ nnoremap <Leader>pw :let psc_style='warm'<CR>:colo ps_color<CR>
+<
+ Alternatively, you can use the capitalized :Colo command, like
+ :Colo cool or :Colo warm
+
+==============================================================================
+PSC WITH CTERM *psc-cterm*
+
+ Colour Term ~
+
+ The cterm color is designed mainly in these terminals:
+>
+ 1. Cygwin bash shell in NT command prompt box
+ 2. XTERM and RXVT
+ 3. Other color terminals which have at least 16 colors
+<
+ *psc-cterm-nt*
+ In Windows NT Prompt console you can change the exact value of each
+ color, so you can have the same color with your GUI version of Vim,
+ for 'cool' color style you just change the color according to the
+ |psc-cterm-color-table|, for how to redefine the color of Windows NT
+ prompt console please see Windows Help.
+
+ NT Cygwin bash shell console supports 16 foreground colors by add bold
+ attribute to 8 color, the cterm=bold specifies which should be bright
+ color, so totally the 16 color foreground is available, but color
+ name DarkXXX and LightXXX are the same.
+
+ The pre-configured Cygwin.lnk is available for download on my web page
+ for Vim, but the site seems down, if my site would be on again, it
+ should be at the following URL: >
+ http://poet.tomud.com/pub/Cygwin.lnk.gz
+<
+ Cygwin is highly recommended for Vim user if you are using Windows NT
+ based systems (e.g. NT 4.0, Win2k, WinXP, Win2003, etc). But Cygwin is
+ not that versatile under Windows 95/98/ME. I'm not sure whether this
+ works for DOS DJGPP or Windows 95 console version of Vim because
+ I don't have the system, in case you encountered problem please
+ contact me, if you like.
+
+ *psc-cterm-xterm*
+ XTERM is a much more feature-rich terminal than Windows Console so the
+ support is much better, add the following recommend line into your
+ .Xdefaults and you can achieve the same color as in GUI version.
+
+ Add the following into your .Xdefaults:
+ This works for XTERM and RXVT.
+>
+ XTerm*color0: #000000
+ XTerm*color1: #800000
+ XTerm*color2: #008000
+ XTerm*color3: #d0d090
+ XTerm*color4: #000080
+ XTerm*color5: #800080
+ XTerm*color6: #a6caf0
+ XTerm*color7: #d0d0d0
+ XTerm*color8: #b0b0b0
+ XTerm*color9: #f08060
+ XTerm*color10: #60f080
+ XTerm*color11: #e0c060
+ XTerm*color12: #80c0e0
+ XTerm*color13: #f0c0f0
+ XTerm*color14: #c0d8f8
+ XTerm*color15: #e0e0e0
+ XTerm*cursorColor: #00f000
+
+ ! The following are recommended but optional
+ XTerm*reverseVideo: False
+ XTerm*background: #000000
+ XTerm*foreground: #d0d0d0
+ XTerm*boldMode: False
+<
+ There is an assumption that your RXVT or XTERM supports 16 colors,
+ most RXVTs and XTERMs support this, if yours do not, get a source of
+ RXVT and recompile it.
+
+ Sometimes the color mode are not recognized well, or you do not want
+ bright foreground be bolded. If this is the case, add the following in
+ your .vimrc (before the color scheme been sourced)
+>
+ if &term=='xterm' " Change 'xterm' to your term name if necessary
+ set t_Co=16
+ endif
+<
+ If the t_Co=16 have problem, set t_Co=8 and :colo ps_color again.
+ vice versa.
+
+ My rxvt works well with t_Co=16: >
+ Rxvt v2.7.10 - released: 26 MARCH 2003
+ Options:
+ XPM,transparent,utmp,menubar,frills,linespace,multichar_languages,
+ scrollbars=rxvt+NeXT+xterm,.Xdefaults
+< But I've know that my rxvt v2.6.4 in another machine has problem with
+ t_Co=16, if that is the case, set t_Co=8 instead.
+
+ *psc-cterm-others*
+ For other terminals, you can manually set the color according to the
+ following table
+
+ Hints for Manually set the color (for 'cool' style only):
+ *psc-cterm-color-table*
+ Color name Hex value Decimal value ~
+ 0 Black = #000000 0,0,0
+ 4 DarkBlue = #000080 0,0,128
+ 2 DarkGreen = #008000 0,128,0
+ 6 DarkCyan = #a6caf0 166,202,240
+ 1 DarkRed = #800000 128,0,0
+ 5 DarkMagenta = #800080 128,0,128
+ 3 DarkYellow = #d0d090 208,208,144
+ 7 Grey = #d0d0d0 208,208,208
+ 8 DarkGrey = #b0b0b0 176,176,176
+ 12 Blue = #80c0e0 128,192,224
+ 10 Green = #60f080 96,240,128
+ 14 Cyan = #c0d8f8 192,216,248
+ 9 Red = #f08060 240,128,96
+ 13 LMag. = #f0c0f0 240,192,240
+ 11 Yellow = #e0c060 224,192,96
+ 15 White = #e0e0e0 224,224,224
+
+ *psc-cterm-incompatible*
+ If your color terminal does only have 8 colors and cannot achieve 16
+ colors with cterm=bold, you may want to switch to other color schemes
+ to gain more readability. Anyway, you can specify in your .vimrc to
+ use different color scheme under different consoles and GUI.
+ For example:
+>
+ let psc_cterm_style = 'foobarcolor'
+ let psc_style = 'cool'
+ colo ps_color
+<
+ The 'foobarcolor' means the color scheme you want to choose, such as
+ 'desert', I recommend to try vim default schemes 'default' and
+ 'defdark' before experience others.
+
+==============================================================================
+PSC FAQ AND TIPS *psc-faq* *psc-tips*
+>
+ Q: What is meant by `PS' ?
+<
+ A: PS means: PostScript, PhotoShop, PerSonal, ... or anything you can
+ imagine and anything you want it do be.
+>
+ Q: How to obtain the same appreance as gui in color term?
+<
+ A: This need some work around, see |psc-cterm| for details.
+ Generally speaking, you should ensure your color term has support
+ for 16 foreground colors, and each color is customizable.
+
+ *psc-faq-ffothers* >
+ Q: How to use psc_fontface with other colorschemes?
+<
+ A: Make sure you had sourced :colo ps_color in your .vimrc, then you
+ can use the Capitalized :Colo instead of :colo
+ e.g. you want to use 'murphy', just type :Colo murphy after you
+ sourced the ps_color, the 'defdark', 'cool', 'warm' can also be
+ used here.
+>
+ Q: I updated from v2.0 to v2.3 or above, why the cterm color scheme
+ for Comment is different?
+<
+ A: The color map of DarkYellow and Yellow have been exchanged,
+ You need to reconfigure your terminal to meet the change,
+ see |psc-cterm-color-table| for guide, or if you are using xterm
+ compatible terminal, just update the .XDefaults according to
+ |psc-cterm-xterm|.
+>
+ Q: What do you mean by 'Vanilla Windows'?
+<
+ A: People often argue that Windows is not a REAL operating system.
+ Well, I agree this, but only for vanilla windows. i.e. with no
+ plug-ins installed. Vanilla windows is a very limited platform,
+ since it is not POSIX compliant.
+
+ There are currently many working around to make Windows POSIX
+ Compliant, do you still mind which OS to use when it is POSIX
+ Compliant? I don't. If you installed Cygwin kernel in your
+ NT-based Windows, the Windows will be more or less POSIX compliant
+ and you can use it in the same way as you use any Unix, BSD,
+ Solaris, Linux, XWindow, etc... What is more, Cygwin is not the
+ only kernel which makes Windows POSIX Compliant, make a google
+ search and you will find many alternatives.
+>
+ Q: How to change the Normal background color? Why don't you use
+ different background for NonText group?
+<
+ A: This is for compatibility, since we have to use only 8 colors as
+ background in a color terminal. For GUI you can change this, see
+ |psc-change-background| for details.
+
+==============================================================================
+PSC RELEASE NOTES *psc-release-notes*
+
+ 2.82 Release Note: ~
+
+ Fixed bug with the reversed group for the Vim default, or other
+ schemes.
+
+ Fixed bug with the Diff mode fg mistaken as fg.
+
+ Shrink the script a lot to improve load performance, moved the release
+ notes into document.
+
+ Change the default gui background color to #202020 (Dark Grey)
+
+
+ 2.81 Release Note: ~
+
+ Provided a separate utility reloaded.vim to fine tune the GUI color
+ scheme based on Hue, Saturation and Brightness(Luminance).
+
+ Added some groups to meet the need of reloaded.vim, no essential
+ change.
+
+ 2.8 Release Note: ~
+
+ Bugfix : when psc_style=='mixed', the visual got reversed wrong.
+
+ 'mixed' is now the default for 'warm' style.
+
+ changed the function name to lower case.
+
+ removed pre-2.0 compatibility, (the non-psc version of s-d-f-t).
+
+ Added variable psc_cterm_style, see |psc_cterm_style|
+
+ Added group Underline
+
+ Tuned the function call.
+
+ 2.7 Release Note: ~
+
+ Now it is possible to change the Background,
+ see :h psc-change-background for details.
+
+ Linked the Tag group to Identifier.
+
+ NonText as Notice is not good for 'warm', changed to Constant.
+
+ Added links for the most popular plugins: taglist, calendar
+
+ Tuned the 'Statement' color when different from Type (gui only).
+
+ Re-adjusted cterm scheme according to syntax/hitest.vim
+
+ The 'defdark' style for cterm is not functioning, fixed.
+
+ Many 'cosmetic' changes, makes no difference for functionality.
+
+ Use of DrChip's help extractor to auto-install help document.
+
+ Added command define, :Colo
+
+ 2.6 Release Note: ~
+
+ As stated in the v2.3, the only 'todo' thing seems to be the 'warm'
+ style, now in this version I had been working on it.
+
+ There also are some minor fixes for the document, to be more friendly
+ for new readers.
+
+ The 'StatusLine' of 'cold' style is modified by mistake in the v2.3,
+ this time the bug is fixed.
+
+ The 'Directory' in GUI 'cold' style is different from 'cterm' one,
+ now fixed.
+
+ 2.3 Release Note: ~
+
+ This is an incompatible update, main changes are in 'cterm'.
+ A new group 'SignColumn' had been added, new links added for engspchk
+ v52, hundreds of typos fixed in the document, thanks to the engspchk.
+
+ The support for 8-color cterm is slightly better now, but the mappings
+ of the DarkYellow and Yellow are exchanged, you need to update the
+ .Xdefaults or your terminal configuration before apply this update if
+ you are using v2.0. Guide for redefinition the color value is
+ available in the document, make sure you had updated the ps_color.txt,
+ then see |psc-cterm-color-table|
+
+ 2.0 Release Note: ~
+
+ There've been great enhancement since this version, so I'd choose to
+ bump the version number to 2. This version comes with Vim online help,
+ if you had installed ps_color.txt, you can see for details in
+ |pscolor|
+
+ n/a Release: ~
+
+ Initial upload, can be called as v1.8
+
+
+==============================================================================
+PSC TODO LIST *psc-todo*
+
+ . Fix the remain bugs.
+ . Follow the new Vim versions for new added highlighting group
+
+==============================================================================
+
+vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:fo+=t:norl:noet: