vim-colors-pencil
A light color scheme for Vim inspired by iA Writer
Features
iA Writer is an elegant word processor, marred only by its lack of Vim. It does have a nice colorscheme, however.
- Accurate colors
- Subtle indicators of changes in the gutter for Signify, git-gutter, etc.
- Use for both code and prose, though it’s definitely geared towards the latter
Requirements
May require a recent version of Vim.
Installation
Install using Pathogen, Vundle, Neobundle, or your favorite Vim package manager.
Or simply copy the colorscheme file to your ~/.vim/colors directory.
Usage
Just like any other colorscheme:
:colorscheme pencil
Differences
Most notably, the ‘#’ heading text is shaded blue. This is to compensate for the lack of a visual cue found in iA Writer where the heading indicators are inside the left margin. Here we use color instead.
Font choices
iA Writer uses a typeface called ‘Nitti Light’ by Blue Monday. ($)
Free alternatives with bold and italic support include:
See also
- iterm-colors-pencil - @mattly has created an iTerm color scheme for pencil
If you find this plugin useful, you may want to check out these others by the same author:
- vim-lexical - building on Vim’s spell-check and thesaurus/dictionary completion
- vim-litecorrect - lightweight auto-correction for Vim
- vim-pencil - rethinking Vim as a tool for writers
- vim-quotable - extends Vim to support typographic (‘curly’) quotes
- vim-thematic — modify Vim’s appearance to suit your task and environment
- vim-wordy - uncovering usage problems in writing
The README in thematic has more details on setting up emulation of iA Writer.
Future development
Eventually there’ll be a dark equivalent included in this colorscheme.
If you’ve spotted a problem or have an idea on improving this color scheme, please post it to the github project issue page.