What is this?
Gruvbox is a retro-groove color scheme for Vim, designed with bright pastel colors and both light and dark mode switching, similar in philosophy to Solarized.
Gruvbox is a retro-groove color scheme for Vim, designed with bright pastel colors and both light and dark mode switching, similar in philosophy to Solarized.Is this a Vim plugin or a standalone app?It is a Vim colorscheme plugin written in Vim Script, meant to be installed into your Vim/Neovim configuration like any other plugin.
It is a Vim colorscheme plugin written in Vim Script, meant to be installed into your Vim/Neovim configuration like any other plugin.How do I install and activate it?Install it with your preferred Vim plugin manager and then set 'colorscheme gruvbox' in your vimrc; the wiki has full installation and terminal-specific setup details.
Install it with your preferred Vim plugin manager and then set 'colorscheme gruvbox' in your vimrc; the wiki has full installation and terminal-specific setup details.Do I need any extra tools to use it?Just Vim or Neovim; no external dependencies are required, though the screenshots use fonts like Fantasque Sans Mono and Fira Mono for display.
Just Vim or Neovim; no external dependencies are required, though the screenshots use fonts like Fantasque Sans Mono and Fira Mono for display.Are there any filetypes or plugins it doesn't support yet?Syntax highlighting for R, TeX, Swift and Erlang is not yet implemented, and support for plugins like Tagbar and VimPlug is still on the to-do list.
Syntax highlighting for R, TeX, Swift and Erlang is not yet implemented, and support for plugins like Tagbar and VimPlug is still on the to-do list.Which syntaxes and plugins does it already support out of the box?It extends highlighting for Html, Xml, Vim, Clojure, C, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, PureScript, CoffeeScript, Ruby, Objective-C, Go, Lua, MoonScript, Java, Markdown, Haskell and Elixir, plus plugins like Airline, Lightline, GitGutter, Syntastic, Ale, CtrlP, NERDTree and more.
It extends highlighting for Html, Xml, Vim, Clojure, C, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, PureScript, CoffeeScript, Ruby, Objective-C, Go, Lua, MoonScript, Java, Markdown, Haskell and Elixir, plus plugins like Airline, Lightline, GitGutter, Syntastic, Ale, CtrlP, NERDTree and more.Can I customize the contrast or invert colors?Yes, gruvbox offers lots of style-customization options including contrast level, color inversion and italics usage, configurable via wiki options.
Yes, gruvbox offers lots of style-customization options including contrast level, color inversion and italics usage, configurable via wiki options.Is there a companion project for extra ports and integrations?Yes, the 'gruvbox-contrib' repository collects community contributions, ports to other tools, and extras built around the gruvbox palette.
Yes, the 'gruvbox-contrib' repository collects community contributions, ports to other tools, and extras built around the gruvbox palette.Does it support the Airline status line theme?Yes, gruvbox ships with its own Airline theme alongside dark and light mode palettes.
Yes, gruvbox ships with its own Airline theme alongside dark and light mode palettes.What inspired the gruvbox color palette?It was heavily inspired by the Badwolf, Jellybeans, and Solarized color schemes, combining their best traits into a pastel retro-groove look.
It was heavily inspired by the Badwolf, Jellybeans, and Solarized color schemes, combining their best traits into a pastel retro-groove look.What are similar projects?solarized, SpaceVim, LunarVim, NvChad, vim-airline, tomorrow-theme, vimrc, fzf.vim
solarized, SpaceVim, LunarVim, NvChad, vim-airline, tomorrow-theme, vimrc, fzf.vimWhich topics is it in?vimrc, color-scheme, vim script, neovim, vim, dark-mode, theme, editor, customization, gui, frontend, terminal
vimrc, color-scheme, vim script, neovim, vim, dark-mode, theme, editor, customization, gui, frontend, terminal