Gedit styles - IDing which element to alter.

gapo · 2010-10-04 12:56:54

I'm running openbox on arch. I use gedit a lot as my code-editor.
I use zenburn as my color scheme in gedit.

There is a nagging issue with my color scheme however ...
There is a particular type of element for which gedit highlights the code in a unviewable manner.
Pls see screenshot.

I cannot identify which element like def:error ( the element name is required to tweak it's background color in the style file). I need to modify to change that particular background color.

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My zenburn.xml file is

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<style-scheme id="zenburn" name="Zenburn" version="1.0">
    <author/>
    <_description>Zenburn theme</_description>
    <style foreground="#dca3a3" name="def:boolean"/>
    <style foreground="#7f9f7f" name="def:comment"/>
    <style bold="true" foreground="#dca3a3" name="def:constant"/>
    <style background="#8faf9f" bold="true" foreground="#000d18" name="cursor"/>
    <style background="#313c36" bold="true" foreground="#709080" name="diff:added-line"/>
    <style background="#333333" name="diff:changed-line"/>
    <style background="#464646" foreground="#333333" name="diff:removed-line"/>
    <style foreground="#efef8f" name="def:function"/>
    <style foreground="#efdcbc" name="def:identifier"/>
    <style bold="true" foreground="#f0dfaf" name="def:keyword"/>
    <style background="#464646" foreground="#7f8f8f" name="line-numbers"/>
    <style background="#3f3f3f" foreground="#dcdccc" name="text"/>
    <style foreground="#8cd0d3" name="def:number"/>
    <style bold="true" foreground="#ffcfaf" name="def:preprocessor"/>
    <style background="#385f38" foreground="#ffffe0" name="search-match"/>
    <style foreground="#cfbfaf" name="def:specials"/>
    <style background="#3f3f3f" foreground="#e3ceab" name="def:statement"/>
    <style foreground="#cc9393" name="def:string"/>
    <style bold="true" foreground="#dfdfbf" name="def:type"/>
    <style background="#201010" bold="true" foreground="#ef9f9f" name="def:error"/> <!-- Define error already defined here -->
    <style background="#332323" foreground="#e37170" name="def:error"/>
</style-scheme>

I really didn't know where to ask help. Hoping someone already got stuck up on this and found a fix I'm asking here.
Will be grateful for any pointers.

Last edited by litemotiv (2010-12-28 09:53:59)

benvd · 2010-12-28 09:23:11

The element you're looking for is called "selection", like this: <style name="selection" foreground="#000D18" background="#8FAF9F"/>.

I'm using a zenburn theme as well for gedit, it's here if you want it. It's not complete, for instance it doesn't have a different color for the backgrounds left and right of the right margin line. I'm sure it's lacking other stuff, but it works for me.

gapo · 2011-01-01 07:40:49

Thanks that was quite useful.

I've moved on to VIM anyways

Arch Linux

#1 2010-10-04 12:56:54

Gedit styles - IDing which element to alter.

#2 2010-12-28 09:23:11

Re: Gedit styles - IDing which element to alter.

#3 2011-01-01 07:40:49

Re: Gedit styles - IDing which element to alter.

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