1. CMD ^ P
2. Type "install" and select "Package Control: Install Package"
3. Type "Colorsublime" and select "Colorsublime"
Installing the theme:
1. CMD ^ P
2. Type "theme" and select "Colorsublime: Install Theme"
3. Type "afterglow" and select "Afterglow"
Profit.
When using Colorsublime (steps 1 + 2 of the second set), you can also arrow up and down through the themes and get a live preview of each as you do so.
Note: Colorsublime only installs the color scheme. If you want to take full advantage of a theme like this (includes custom tab styles, custom sidebar styles, etc.), you'll need to follow the directions on their website.
This is better than their instructions just marginally.
1. CMD ^ P
2. Type "install" and select "Package Control: Install Package"
3. Type "Afterflow" and select "Theme - Afterglow"
4. Press: Command + , (to go into settings).
5. Paste the two lines from Github page, add any additional settings and restart sublime.
edit: Ah I just saw your update, previewing is a nice little feature for sure, especially when you're not sure how they handle colors for the languages you use most often. Sounds nice
I was just about to say, "see my latest edit"... when I saw your latest edit :)
The preview feature also lets you move between your open files while previewing a theme (without selecting it), so you can check HTML, CSS, Python, etc. all without changing your theme.
You're right. Until this very moment, I just realized, I haven't ever "installed a theme", so I've never experienced the customizations available for the entire UI, just the color scheme. I'm going to try installing the theme now, and I'll update my OP to note this. Thanks.
I really wish the people working on Textmate right now would do SOMETHING to indicate on the homepage that Textmate is now open source, free, and actively developed on Github. Instead, they leave the Textmate 1.0 homepage up and people think it's an archaic, dead editor :(
I was also a big fan of Spacegray Eighties, but I recently switched to Oceanic Next. It's similar (but with a blue hue), and is supposed to work better with JS Harmony.
I switched to Nil w/ the Big Duo color scheme about a year ago and since then no other theme/scheme looks right. To me, it's the perfect use of contrast while still pleasing to the eye.
Line numbers are visual noise most of the time and can be distracting. Make them transparent, so I see them only when I'm looking for them. Same goes for indent guides, but make them slightly darker than background. Example: http://i.imgur.com/tQ46gWT.png (modified Spacegray)
there's a couple of missing stars in that command between the slashes.
That said, this didn't replace the icon for me.
I needed to touch the app folder as well for the update to work
touch /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app
rm /var/folders/*/*/*/com.apple.dock.iconcache;killall Dock
Step 1: write down the colors for default foreground face, background face, keyword face, string face, comment face, functionname face, type face, variable face and constant face.
If you like that low contrast style you might like the zenburn emacs theme. It is a bit too low contrast for me so I use hc-zenburn (high contrast zenburn)
Unfortunately, I don't believe that an afterglow theme for vim exists yet, but if you want to try some different themes out, I'd recommend https://github.com/flazz/vim-colorschemes. My favorites are solarized, flatland, and codeschool. Solarized is likely the most advanced/complete vim colorscheme by looking at the solarized.vim.
After installing it, only the colors on the code editor change. How do I get the tabs and file list panel to look like in those screenshots? It looks like a standard OSX control in mine.
Sorry for being a bit of topic but why is everybody so enthusiastic? I just installed the editor in Windows and it costs 70$! Is it that good? I remember installing it in Arch Linux for free without warnings... What is the deal? The website is not very clear on the exact license plus I found some alternatives that look the same on first glance (i.e. Lime Text).
70$ is not much money if you use it 8 hours a day. Also, you can use it without paying — it'll show a popup window now and again telling you to buy it; just a minor annoyance.
I use dark themes whenever I can, but I could be convinced to use a similar package that let me switch themes on command. You could even call the bright command Go Outside and the dark one Go Inside.
I just installed it with Package Control, and added the two config lines to my User Prefs and it immediately updated everything without me even quitting and re-opening Sublime. I've been using the same ol' boring Soda dark theme for years now, so this is pretty refreshing. Thanks :)
Solved this by NOT using Colorsublime, but using the Afterglow theme directly available from the Package Manager. I believe the one in Colorsublime is not 1.2.8 or newer.
I've heard dark themes can actually damage your eyesight because the contrast isn't high enough. I like white themes because it's just like paper. Black text is easy to see.
I don't have eyestrain problems on most devices, but the Retina MacBook I have at work wears my eyes out in just a few hours. I can stare at my Chromebook Pixel indefinitely without issue in the same environment.
Colorsublime installation instructions (using Package Control):
Installing the theme: Profit.When using Colorsublime (steps 1 + 2 of the second set), you can also arrow up and down through the themes and get a live preview of each as you do so.
Note: Colorsublime only installs the color scheme. If you want to take full advantage of a theme like this (includes custom tab styles, custom sidebar styles, etc.), you'll need to follow the directions on their website.