A Solarized theme for Aptana in Eclipse

posted by on 2011.04.10, under Development
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There seems to be a bit of a buzz around Ethan Schoonover’s Solaraized colour palette at the moment. It’s an impressive bit of work. I had a look around and couldn’t find a version for Apatana, which I use in Eclipse, so I quickly put one together.

screenshot of some JavaScript using my version on Solarized

I’ve adapted the default Aptana colour scheme to use Ethan’s palette, rather than try to match the samples on his site and I may well tweak it as I go on. If you want to try it out then you can download it here.

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I used a similar colour scheme for coding for years, but unless you code in a darkened room, I think a light background is easier on the eye. What’s the usability research on this?

Matthew Skelton ( April 10, 2011 at 8:05 pm )

I’ve not seen any proper research, but I switched to a dark background a while back and find I focus better. I imagine it’s a pretty personal choice.

David Owens ( April 11, 2011 at 3:13 pm )

The default solarized.zip now comes with the thTheme(textmate) and you can import those into eclipse.

Brian ( May 31, 2011 at 7:39 pm )

    Thanks – I’ll check it out.

    David ( May 31, 2011 at 11:21 pm )

Yes the one from solarized.zip works perfectly. Thanks David Owens!

Rune Kaagaard ( June 21, 2011 at 9:12 am )

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