diff --git a/book/src/themes.md b/book/src/themes.md index 8eee334b9708..7474122f7206 100644 --- a/book/src/themes.md +++ b/book/src/themes.md @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ # Themes -First you'll need to place selected themes in your `themes` directory (i.e `~/.config/helix/themes`), the directory might have to be created beforehand. +To use a theme add `theme = ""` to your [`config.toml`](./configuration.md) at the very top of the file before the first section or select it during runtime using `:theme `. -To use a custom theme add `theme = ` to your [`config.toml`](./configuration.md) or override it during runtime using `:theme `. +## Creating a theme -The default theme.toml can be found [here](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/theme.toml), and user submitted themes [here](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/runtime/themes). +Create a file with the name of your theme as file name (i.e `mytheme.toml`) and place it in your `themes` directory (i.e `~/.config/helix/themes`). The directory might have to be created beforehand. -## Creating a theme +The names "default" and "base16_default" are reserved for the builtin themes and cannot be overridden by user defined themes. -First create a file with the name of your theme as file name (i.e `mytheme.toml`) and place it in your `themes` directory (i.e `~/.config/helix/themes`). +The default theme.toml can be found [here](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/theme.toml), and user submitted themes [here](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/runtime/themes). Each line in the theme file is specified as below: