Customising TexShop editor color scheme
I’m currently writing up submissions for upcoming conferences, preferring to use LaTex rather than regular word processors. However I find the default “black font on white background” colour scheme of the TexShop editor straining to the eye when at it for hours. The TexShop Preferences does not leave much options for customising its colours, but it seems like more can be done as a series of Terminal commands. So here are the commands required to use the Solaraized color scheme, retrieved from one of the issues in the Solarized repository:
# solarized dark color scheme
# background = solarized base03 = 0 43 54
defaults write TeXShop background_R 0.00
defaults write TeXShop background_G 0.169
defaults write TeXShop background_B 0.212
# commands = solarized red = 220 50 47
defaults write TeXShop commandred 0.86
defaults write TeXShop commandgreen 0.196
defaults write TeXShop commandblue 0.184
# comments = solarized base01 = 88 110 117
defaults write TeXShop commentred 0.345
defaults write TeXShop commentgreen 0.431
defaults write TeXShop commentblue 0.459
# foreground = solarized base0 = 131 148 150
defaults write TeXShop foreground_R 0.514
defaults write TeXShop foreground_G 0.580
defaults write TeXShop foreground_B 0.589
# index = solarized magenta = 211 54 130
defaults write TeXShop indexred 0.83
defaults write TeXShop indexgreen 0.21
defaults write TeXShop indexblue 0.51
# marker = solarized cyan = 42 161 152
defaults write TeXShop markerred 0.165
defaults write TeXShop markergreen 0.63
defaults write TeXShop markerblue 0.596
# insertionpoint = solarized base0 = 131 148 150
defaults write TeXShop insertionpoint_R 0.514
defaults write TeXShop insertionpoint_G 0.580
defaults write TeXShop insertionpoint_B 0.589And here are the commands required for the solarized light colour scheme:
# solarized light color scheme
# background = solarized base3 = 253 246 227
defaults write TeXShop background_R 0.99
defaults write TeXShop background_G 0.96
defaults write TeXShop background_B 0.89
# commands = solarized red = 220 50 47
defaults write TeXShop commandred 0.86
defaults write TeXShop commandgreen 0.196
defaults write TeXShop commandblue 0.184
# comments = solarized base1 = 147 161 161
defaults write TeXShop commentred 0.58
defaults write TeXShop commentgreen 0.63
defaults write TeXShop commentblue 0.63
# foreground = solarized base00 = 101 123 131
defaults write TeXShop foreground_R 0.40
defaults write TeXShop foreground_G 0.48
defaults write TeXShop foreground_B 0.51
# index = solarized magenta = 211 54 130
defaults write TeXShop indexred 0.83
defaults write TeXShop indexgreen 0.21
defaults write TeXShop indexblue 0.51
# marker = solarized cyan = 42 161 152
defaults write TeXShop markerred 0.165
defaults write TeXShop markergreen 0.63
defaults write TeXShop markerblue 0.596
# insertionpoint = solarized base00 = 101 123 131
defaults write TeXShop insertionpoint_R 0.40
defaults write TeXShop insertionpoint_G 0.48
defaults write TeXShop insertionpoint_B 0.51If you want to do further customisations, you might also want to check out DonSchado’s Ruby script. And while at it, let’s customise the distance between lines in the editor as well:
defaults write TeXShop SourceInterlineSpace 10.0According to documentation only values between .5 and 40.0 will be accepted. The standard line spacing is given by the default 1.0, and double spacing is given by the value 10.0.
