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Tango theme for Python IDLE

If you're like me, you like dark themes for your desktop applications. I make my XChat IRC

client dark, Firefox, etc, etc. And one thing I always like to do is get away from the

standard white theme of my IDEs, whether I am using Wing IDE (which I love, by the way),

IDLE, or even Notepad++.

Customizing Wing IDE was easy enough. All I had to do was go in the settings, change

the background color, and it took care of the rest. Customize a few colors to my liking

and...

 And so was Notepad++...

But to change IDLE was a little more work. It doesn't really offer any custom themes built-

in, and you can struggle with trying to balance the colors individually on your own if you

want, OR, you can just do the following:

Go to your ".idlerc" folder, wherever it may be depending on your system, and paste the

following into your "config-highlight.cfg" file (create it if you don't have one):

[tango]

definition-foreground = #fce94f 

error-foreground = #fa8072

string-background = #2e3436

keyword-foreground = #8cc4ff 

normal-foreground = #ffffff comment-background = #2e3436

hit-foreground = #ffffff 

break-foreground = #000000

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builtin-background = #2e3436

stdout-foreground = #eeeeec

cursor-foreground = #fce94f 

hit-background = #2e3436

comment-foreground = #73d216

hilite-background = #edd400

definition-background = #2e3436

stderr-background = #2e3436

break-background = #2e3436

console-foreground = #87ceeb

normal-background = #2e3436builtin-foreground = #ad7fa8

stdout-background = #2e3436

console-background = #2e3436

stderr-foreground = #ff3e40

keyword-background = #2e3436

string-foreground = #e9b96e

hilite-foreground = #2e3436

error-background = #2e3436

Then launch Python IDLE, and choose your new Tango custom theme in the settings.

Happy coding!

P.S. Here's a bonus theme called Desert. Just paste it underneath the Tango theme and it

will make itself available as a custom theme in your settings. For the record, I did not create

these themes. I just found and wanted to share them.

[desert]

definition-foreground = #98fb98

error-foreground = #ff0000

string-background = #333333

keyword-foreground = #cc6600

normal-foreground = #f0e68c

comment-background = #333333hit-foreground = #ffffff 

break-foreground = black

builtin-background = #333333

stdout-foreground = #eeeeee

cursor-foreground = #ffcc00

hit-background = #333333

comment-foreground = #87ceeb

hilite-background = gray

definition-background = #333333

stderr-background = #333333

break-background = #ffff55

console-foreground = #87ceeb

normal-background = #333333builtin-foreground = #519e51

stdout-background = #333333

console-background = #333333

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Posted by Caner Özdemir at 1:19 AM 

Labels: custom, idle, notepad++, Python, theme, wingide

stderr-foreground = #ff3e40

keyword-background = #333333

string-foreground = #ffa0a0

hilite-foreground = #000000

error-background = #000000

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2 comments:

 YourLocalGP  October 4, 2012 at 12:34 PM

This was exactly what I was after. White bg was blinding me. Thank you Caner.

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Roger Garcia  February 25, 2013 at 4:33 AM

 AAAAAHH HH :D my eyes say THANK YOU!!!!

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