Cobalt2

Dev tools

editor theme

SHOW HN2014

80points
52comments
#369of 2,272 in 2014
Top 17%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

10 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.30.

Design: 5 for, 2 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Looks very good and stylish

    From 4 comments
    • Wait, I thought it's not possible to style the sidebar in ST (or at least not much)? I was searching for a plugin that would show Git status in my sidebar (as Atom does) but…
      CWIZO on HN
    • I love it. coffee / js icons in sidebar are very useful. :D
      jaigouk on HN
    • Oh man, I love those icons! Great stuff!
      vegancap on HN
    • Very cool theme.
      alexeyza on HN
  • Icons in sidebar are useful

    From 2 comments

Objections

  • Sidebar does not update without restart or is not styled

    From 2 comments
  • Wants a darker variant, too bright

    From 1 comment
    • I would love a darker variant of this theme. Everything is so bright... !
      Raphmedia on HN

Requests

  • Ports to other editors such as Vim, Emacs, Atom, Notepad++

    From 4 comments
    • Would love this for Ultraedit && Notepad++. PEople would probably pay at least a dollar for this.
      Joyfield on HN
    • I would definitely like to see this ported to vim, I'm just not sure where to get started on that.
      jarin on HN
    • I would greatly appreciate it if this made it into an Emacs theme, though a really good Emacs theme tends to be quite a bit more involved than a ST2 theme, since there's so much…
      benaiah on HN
    • Is it available for Atom?
      mparramon on HN
  • Base16 version

    From 1 comment
    • I wish there was a base16 (https://github.com/chriskempson/base16) theme that fully skinned sublime like this does.
      hadees on HN

Questions

  • Does it work for Atom?

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Brogrammer theme

    From 1 comment
    • Great looking theme, although I'm a real fan of Brogrammer. Dodgy name, but very stylish. https://github.com/kenwheeler/brogrammer-theme
      mwagstaff on HN
  • Spacegray theme

    From 1 comment
    • Looks cool, but this is still my favorite theme for Sublime: http://kkga.github.io/spacegray/
      plingamp on HN
  • GitGutter plugin

    From 1 comment
    • I've been using this plugin for git status: https://sublime.wbond.net/packages/GitGutter
      eam on HN
  • Subatomic Emacs theme

    From 1 comment
    • There is https://github.com/cryon/subatomic which is kind of a mix between cobalt and zenburn.
      cryon on HN

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