{"id":2802,"date":"2018-04-06T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/?p=2802"},"modified":"2018-04-20T10:25:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T08:25:57","slug":"changing-the-color-schemes-of-your-development-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/2018\/04\/06\/changing-the-color-schemes-of-your-development-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the color schemes of your development tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tools I use the most as a developer include the command prompt, notepad, Visual Studio, and Total Commander. The trouble is, I don&#8217;t really like the default colors they come with. However, some of them can be customized with different color schemes. Some very popular color schemes are <a href=\"http:\/\/ethanschoonover.com\/solarized\">Solarized<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/sonph\/onehalf\">OneHalf<\/a>, both having a light and a dark version. In this article, I will show how to enable Solarized for them.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Command Prompt<\/h3>\n<p>You can change the command prompt colors from its properties and somebody designed a tool that can do that automatically. It&#8217;s called <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Microsoft\/console\/tree\/master\/tools\/ColorTool\">colortool<\/a>, it&#8217;s open-source and is available on GitHub. The tool allows you to change the color scheme of either the current window, the default one, or both.<\/p>\n<p>To change the color scheme to Solarized (dark) you have to do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>download the tool and upzip it on a local folder<\/li>\n<li>execute the following command to change both the default and current command prompt color scheme:\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \" >colortool -b solarized_dark<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cmd1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"739\" height=\"532\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cmd1.png 739w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cmd1-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Open the properties window of the command prompt and press OK. This is necessary for the settings to be enabled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After you enable the scheme, this is how the window will look.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cmd2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"738\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cmd2.png 738w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cmd2-300x124.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p>You can read more about this here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/322432\/how-to-customize-your-command-prompts-color-scheme-with-microsofts-colortool\/\">How to Customize Your Command Prompt\u2019s Color Scheme With Microsoft&#8217;s ColorTool<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Notepad<\/h3>\n<p>You cannot really change Notepad&#8217;s color scheme but you can replace it with a better alternative, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/notepad-plus-plus.org\/\">Notepad++<\/a>. Notepad++ is a free editor with lots of features including syntax highlighting for a variety of programming languages, auto-completion, multiple documents, and lots of GUI customizations including the posibility to change the colors.<\/p>\n<p>To do so, you have to go to <em>Settings<\/em> &gt; <em>Style Configurator<\/em> and select a theme. There is a list of predefined themes, including <em>Solarized<\/em>, and you can add more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad1.png 750w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad1-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After you do that the color scheme will be changed accordingly. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"832\" height=\"422\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad2.png 832w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad2-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad2-768x390.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can associate any file extensions you want with Notepad++ from <em>Settings<\/em> &gt; <em>Preferences<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad4.png 840w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad4-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad4-768x351.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, you can also replace Notepad entirely with Notepad++. You can add a registry key that will have the effect that Notepad++ is started whenever Notepad should shart. To do so you must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and go to <tt>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths<\/tt>. If the key does not exist, create it.<\/li>\n<li>Create a subkey named <tt>notepad.exe<\/tt> (unless it already exists).<\/li>\n<li>Set the value of the <tt>(default)<\/tt> name to the path of the Notepad++ executable, such as <tt>C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe<\/tt>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"861\" height=\"198\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad3.png 861w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad3-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/notepad3-768x177.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\">\n<p>You can read more about this here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/replace-notepad-text-editor-notepad-plus-association\/\">Replace Notepad With Notepad++ or Any Other Text Editor of Your Choice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Visual Studio<\/h3>\n<p>Visual Studio comes with three color schemes, light, dark and blue. However, you can create your own and a Visual Studio extension called <em>Color Themes for Visual Studio<\/em> provides more and the ability to import others. It&#8217;s availabe for Visual Studio 2015 and 2017 and can be downloaded and installed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=JustinClareburtMSFT.ColorThemesforVisualStudio\">Visual Studio Marketplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"941\" height=\"259\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs1.png 941w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs1-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs1-768x211.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, you can select any of the available themes or import more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"926\" height=\"559\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs2.png 926w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs2-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs2-768x464.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Changing the theme will change the color scheme for all the visual elements of the environment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"886\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs3.png 1152w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs3-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs3-768x591.png 768w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs3-1024x788.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are doing C++ development, the Solarized theme does not work well. The default colors can make large parts of the code unreadable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"863\" height=\"414\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs4.png 863w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs4-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs4-768x368.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You could perhaps prefer the light solarized theme, or actually edit the culprit colors in the dark scheme. Or use an entirely different scheme that works properly across different programming languages.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"901\" height=\"414\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs5.png 901w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs5-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vs5-768x353.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tools I use the most as a developer include the command prompt, notepad, Visual Studio, and Total Commander. The trouble is, I don&#8217;t really like the default colors they come with. However, some of them can be customized with different color schemes. Some very popular color schemes are <a href=\"http:\/\/ethanschoonover.com\/solarized\">Solarized<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/sonph\/onehalf\">OneHalf<\/a>, both having a light and a dark version. 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