======================== Solarized for Spyder IDE

Status - archived since 2020-04-15

I am no longer a Spyder user, so this is effectively abandoned.

Leaving it here for Spyder 2.x and Spyder 3.0 users.

For Spyder 3.1 there is a pull request https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/pull/3534 that proposes it to master and probably will be backported to 3.1 - please help the author to merge it and enjoy Solarized in Spyder out-of-the-ox :)

About

This is an attempt to include support of the Solarized color scheme into Spyder Python IDE.

This project repository is found on GitHub at https://github.com/pshchelo/spyder-color-solarized.

This project is released under MIT license (see LICENSE.txt), as both Solarized and Spyder themselves.

About Solarized color scheme, citing its author Ethan Schoonover (http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized):

Solarized is a sixteen color palette (eight monotones, eight accent colors)
designed for use with terminal and gui applications.
It has several unique properties.
I designed this colorscheme with both precise CIELAB lightness
relationships and a refined set of hues based on fixed color wheel
relationships.
It has been tested extensively in real world use on color calibrated
displays (as well as uncalibrated/intentionally miscalibrated 	displays)
and in a variety of lighting conditions.

The main repository of Solarized Color Scheme is found on GitHub at https://github.com/altercation/solarized.

About Spyder (https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder):

Spyder (previously known as Pydee) is a powerful interactive development
environment for the Python language with advanced editing, interactive
testing, debugging and introspection features.

Installation Instructions

I have not yet found a way to include Solarized support as a Spyder plugin, so the solution I use is to tinker with configuration files.

#. Close all instances of Spyder if it is running. #. Find a Spyder config file at ~/.spyder2/.spyder.ini on *nix/BSD/MacOSX or c:\Users\[yourusername]\.spyder2\.spyder.ini on Windows Vista/7. You may have to turn the display of hidden files on to find this folder and this file. Open this file with the text editor of your choice. #. Find a section named [color_schemes] inside this file. #. Replace the next line (starting with names = ...) with the content of the spyder.ini file in this repo (note that I intentionally omitted the leading dot in the included file name so that it is not hidden). #. Save and close .spyder.ini, start Spyder and choose SolarizedLight or SolarizedDark as your editor color scheme in Preferences -> Editor -> Display -> Syntax color scheme.

Screenshots

.. image:: https://github.com/pshchelo/spyder-color-solarized/raw/master/spyder-SolLight.png :width: 100px :alt: Spyder with Solarized Light :target: https://github.com/pshchelo/spyder-color-solarized/raw/master/spyder-SolLight.png .. image:: https://github.com/pshchelo/spyder-color-solarized/raw/master/spyder-SolDark.png :width: 100px :alt: Spyder with Solarized Dark :target: https://github.com/pshchelo/spyder-color-solarized/raw/master/spyder-SolDark.png

Current color assignments

+--------------------+----------------------+-------------------+----------+ | | Solarized color name | Hex color code | | | Spyder element +-----------+----------+---------+---------+ Style + | | Light | Dark | Light | Dark | | +====================+===========+==========+=========+=========+==========+ | Background | base3 | base03 | #fdf6e3 | #002b36 | | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Current line | base2 | base02 | #eee8d5 | #073642 | | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Occurrence | base0 | base00 | #839496 | #657b83 | | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Link | magenta | #d33682 | | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Side areas | base2 | base02 | #eee8d5 | #073642 | | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Matched brackets | base01 | base1 | #586e75 | #93a1a1 | | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Unmatched brackets | red | #dc322f | | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Normal text | base00 | base0 | #657b83 | #839496 | | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Keyword | green | #859900 | | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Built-in | violet | #6c71c4 | | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Definition | blue | #268bd2 | bold | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Comment | base1 | base01 | #93a1a1 | #586e75 | italic | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | String | cyan | #2aa198 | | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Number | orange | #cb4b16 | | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Instance | yellow | #b58900 | italic | +--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+