Ir_black vim/textmate custom color scheme in MonoDevelop

Published on February 14, 2010 .2 Comments

I use the fantastic ir_black theme for vim [screenshot]. I wanted something similar to this for MonoDevelop. So I wrote it, and here’s what it looks like (with the Consolas font on both MD and Vim):

If you want to use it, you need to download IrBlackStyle.xml and add this file through MonoDevelop’s settings – Edit > Preferences > Text Editor > Syntax Highlighting > Add. You should be able to use the theme now.

If something went wrong, and you want to re-install or modify your local copy, you need to remove ~/.config/MonoDevelop/syntaxmodes/IrBlackStyle.xml. You can alternatively just edit this file instead.

Update: This theme is now available in MonoDevelop trunk. w00t!

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  • Steven Hildreth
    May 4, 2010 at 8:14 am

    Hi, tried to use this in MonoDevelop 2.2.2 throws an ton of “Validation of style file failed”. Can you export again from 2.2.2? Thanks!

  • Ken Lane
    May 30, 2010 at 9:59 am

    Love the color scheme. Had to have it. Found some mods I had to make to get the MonoDevelop 2.2.2 to read it in. (It seems that now colors can’t be directly defined in the style tags.) Here’s the fixed code: <!– IrBlackStyle.xml Author: Anirudh Sanjeev Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. –> 

    <!-- tango palette -->
<Color name="butter1" value="#fce94f"/>
<Color name="butter2" value="#edd400"/>
<Color name="butter3" value="#c4a000"/>
<Color name="orange1" value="#fcaf3e"/>
<Color name="orange2" value="#f57900"/>
<Color name="orange3" value="#ce5c00"/>
<Color name="chocolate1" value="#e9b96e"/>
<Color name="chocolate2" value="#c17d11"/>
<Color name="chocolate3" value="#8f5902"/>
<Color name="chameleon1" value="#8ae234"/>
<Color name="chameleon2" value="#73d216"/>
<Color name="chameleon3" value="#4e9a06"/>
<Color name="skyblue1" value="#729fcf"/>
<Color name="skyblue2" value="#3465a4"/>
<Color name="skyblue3" value="#204a87"/>
<Color name="plum1" value="#ad7fa8"/>
<Color name="plum2" value="#75507b"/>
<Color name="plum3" value="#5c3566"/>
<Color name="scarletred1" value="#ef2929"/>
<Color name="scarletred2" value="#cc0000"/>
<Color name="scarletred3" value="#a40000"/>
<Color name="aluminium1" value="#eeeeec"/>
<Color name="aluminium2" value="#d3d7cf"/>
<Color name="aluminium3" value="#babdb6"/>
<Color name="aluminium4" value="#888a85"/>
<Color name="aluminium5" value="#555753"/>
<Color name="aluminium6" value="#2e3436"/>
<Color name="aluminium7" value="#111111"/>

    <!--Colors imported from Vim--> <Color name="NormalVim" value="#f6f3e8"/> <Color name="NonTextVim" value="#070707"/> <Color name="CursorVim" value="#000000"/> <Color name="CursorLineBGVim" value="#121212"/> <Color name="MatchParenVim" value="#f6f3e8"/> <Color name="SearchVim" value="#f6f3e8"/> <Color name="CommentVim" value="#7C7C7C"/> <Color name="StringVim" value="#A8FF60"/> <Color name="StringSingleQuoteVim" value="#FF8080"/> <Color name="NumberVim" value="#FF73FD"/> <Color name="PreProcVim" value="#96CBFE"/> <Color name="ConditionalVim" value="#6699CC"/> <Color name="TodoVim" value="#8f8f8f"/> <Color name="ConstantVim" value="#99CC99"/> <Color name="IdentifierVim" value="#C6C5FE"/> <Color name="FunctionVim" value="#FFD2A7"/> <Color name="TypeVim" value="#FFFFB6"/> <Color name="StatementVim" value="#6699CC"/> <Color name="SpecialVim" value="#E18964"/> <Color name="KeywordSemanticVim" value="#E18964"/> <Color name="DelimiterVim" value="#00A0A0"/> <Color name="OperatorVim" value="#ffffff"/> <Color name="BlackVim" value="#000000"/> <Color name="VisualBGVim" value="#262D51"/> <Color name="LineNrVim" value="#3D3D3D"/>

    <Color name="warning_light_color1" value="#444400"/> <Color name="warning_light_color2" value="#333300"/> <Color name="warning_dark_color1" value="#333300"/> <Color name="warning_dark_color2" value="#222200"/> <Color name="warning_line_top" value="#222200"/> <Color name="warning_line_bottom" value="#222200"/>

    <Color name="error_light_color1" value="#440000"/> <Color name="error_light_color2" value="#330000"/> <Color name="error_dark_color1" value="#330000"/> <Color name="error_dark_color2" value="#220000"/> <Color name="error_line_top" value="#220000"/> <Color name="error_line_bottom" value="#220000"/>

    <!-- environment --> <Style name="text" color="NormalVim" bgColor="BlackVim"/> <Style name="text.selection" color="NormalVim" bgColor="VisualBGVim"/> <Style name="text.background.searchresult" color="VisualBGVim"/> <Style name="text.link" color="butter2"/>

    <Style name="caret" color="BlackVim" bgColor="CursorLineBGVim"/>

    <Style name="marker.line" color="CursorLineBGVim"/> <Style name="marker.line.changed" color="StringVim"/> <Style name="marker.line.dirty" color="butter2"/>

    <Style name="marker.template.primary_template" color="chocolate1" bgColor="chocolate3"/> <Style name="marker.template.primary_highlighted_template" color="chocolate1" bgColor="chocolate2"/> <Style name="marker.template.secondary_template" color="white" bgColor="aluminium6"/> <Style name="marker.template.secondary_highlighted_template" color="aluminium1" bgColor="aluminium5"/>

    <Style name="marker.ruler" color="aluminium5"/> <Style name="marker.whitespace" color="aluminium3"/> <Style name="marker.invalidline" color="orange1"/> <Style name="marker.bracket" color="aluminium4" bgColor="aluminium6"/>

    <Style name="marker.bookmark.color1" color="aluminium1"/> <Style name="marker.bookmark.color2" color="aluminium4"/>

    <Style name="diff"> <Style name="line-added" color="butter2"/> <Style name="line-removed" color="skyblue1"/> <Style name="line-changed" color="plum1"/>

    &lt;Style name="header" color="chameleon1" weight="bold"/&gt;
&lt;Style name="header-seperator" color="aluminium4"/&gt;
&lt;Style name="header-oldfile" color="chameleon1" weight="bold"/&gt;
&lt;Style name="header-newfile" color="chameleon1" weight="bold"/&gt;

&lt;Style name="location" color="chameleon1"/&gt;

    </Style>

    <Style name="warning.light.color1" color="warning_light_color1"/> <Style name="warning.light.color2" color="warning_light_color2"/> <Style name="warning.dark.color1" color="warning_dark_color1"/> <Style name="warning.dark.color2" color="warning_dark_color2"/> <Style name="warning.line.top" color="warning_line_top"/> <Style name="warning.line.bottom" color="warning_line_bottom"/> <Style name="warning.text" color="aluminium3"/>

    <Style name="error.light.color1" color="error_light_color1"/> <Style name="error.light.color2" color="error_light_color2"/> <Style name="error.dark.color1" color="error_dark_color1"/> <Style name="error.dark.color2" color="error_dark_color2"/> <Style name="error.line.top" color="error_line_top"/> <Style name="error.line.bottom" color="error_line_bottom"/> <Style name="error.text" color="aluminium3"/> <Style name="linenumber" color="LineNrVim" bgColor="BlackVim"/> <Style name="linenumber.highlight" color="aluminium3"/>

    <Style name="iconbar" color="aluminium7"/> <Style name="iconbar.separator" color="aluminium6"/>

    <Style name="fold" color="aluminium3" bgColor="black"/> <Style name="fold.highlight" color="aluminium2"/> <Style name="fold.togglemarker" color="aluminium1"/>

    <!-- highlighting --> <Style name="comment" color="CommentVim"/> <Style name="comment.keyword.todo" color="TodoVim" bgColor="VisualBGVim" weight="bold" /> <Style name="comment.keyword" color="TodoVim" weight="bold" /> <Style name="comment.tag" color="TodoVim"/>

    <Style name="text.literal" color="StringVim"/> <Style name="text.punctuation" color="StringVim"/> <Style name="text.preprocessor" color="PreProcVim" weight="italic"/> <Style name="text.preprocessor.keyword" color="PreProcVim" weight="bold"/> <Style name="text.markup" color="PreProcVim"/> <Style name="text.markup.tag" color="PreProcVim"/>

    <Style name="constant" color="ConstantVim"/> <Style name="constant.digit" color="NumberVim"/> <Style name="constant.language" color="SpecialVim"/> <Style name="constant.language.void" color="SpecialVim" weight="bold"/>

    <Style name="string" color="StringVim"/> <Style name="string.single" color="StringSingleQuoteVim"/> <Style name="string.double" color="StringVim"/> <Style name="string.other" color="StringVim"/>

    <Style name="keyword.access" color="TypeVim" weight="bold" /> <Style name="keyword.operator" color="ConstantVim" weight="bold"/> <Style name="keyword.selection" color="StatementVim" weight="bold"/> <Style name="keyword.iteration" color="StatementVim" weight="bold"/> <Style name="keyword.jump" color="StatementVim" weight="bold"/> <Style name="keyword.context" color="StatementVim" weight="bold"/> <Style name="keyword.exceptions" color="StatementVim" weight="bold"/>

    <Style name="keyword.modifier" color="TypeVim" weight="bold"/> <Style name="keyword.type" color="TypeVim" weight="bold"/> <Style name="keyword.namespace" color="TypeVim" weight="bold"/> <Style name="keyword.property" color="TypeVim" /> <Style name="keyword.declaration" color="TypeVim" weight="bold"/> <Style name="keyword.parameter" color="TypeVim" /> <Style name="keyword.operator.declaration" color="TypeVim" weight="bold"/> <Style name="keyword.misc" color="TypeVim"/>

    <Style name="keyword.semantic.type" color="IdentifierVim"/>

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