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IBM 1970s dark color theme

IBM 1970s dark color theme

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An IBM and 1970s inspired dark color theme
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IBM1970 theme for Visual Studio Code

An IBM and 1970s inspired dark color theme for Visual Studio Code.

Installation

  1. Install from the Extension Marketplace
    • Alternatively, press CTRL+p to open the "Quick Open" menu, and run the following command: ext install Andornaut.ibm1970
  2. Select: File > Preferences > Themes > Color Theme > IBM 1970

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This color theme is part of the IBM1970 desktop theme.

Colors

UI

Color Hex Usage
#33A999 Teal #33A999 Accent — links, badges, borders, find match, tab top
#006B6B Dark Teal #006B6B Editor selection
#b05533 Rust #b05533 Inlay hints, sticky scroll gutter, notifications, status bar, sash hover, scrollbar active/hover
#ffffff White #ffffff Inactive title bar foreground
#dddccc Cream #dddccc Primary foreground
#d2bb84 Tan #d2bb84 Modified files
#9c9977 Khaki #9c9977 Tab backgrounds, scrollbar, gutter headers
#7c7755 Olive #7c7755 UI borders, status bar, activity bar
#545040 Dark Olive #545040 Toolbar active
#423f2e Brown #423f2e Editor background
#373424 Dark Brown #373424 Panel backgrounds, inputs, terminal background
#24201A Near Black #24201A Drop backgrounds, shadows

Syntax

This color theme uses Solarized Dark tokenColors.

Color Hex Usage
#859900 Green #859900 Keywords, variable start, library class/type, diff inserted
#2AA198 Cyan #2AA198 Strings, markup inline
#268BD2 Blue #268BD2 Variables, functions, tags, headings, diff header
#6C71C4 Violet #6C71C4 Inherited class
#D33682 Magenta #D33682 Numbers, markup styling
#CB4B16 Orange #CB4B16 Class names, constants, exceptions, diff changed
#B58900 Yellow #B58900 Built-in constants, markup lists
#DC322F Red #DC322F Errors, regexp, invalid, diff deleted
#93A1A1 Light Gray #93A1A1 Storage, tag attributes
#839496 Base0 #839496 Default foreground
#586E75 Dark Gray #586E75 Comments, tag delimiters

Color swatches are generated by color-swatches-action.

Developing

Testing

  1. Press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host window.

Publishing

A Release workflow runs on every push to main and on version tags (v*). It packages the extension into a .vsix file and publishes it as a GitHub release.

To publish to the VS Code Marketplace:

  • Publishing extensions
  • Get a Personal Access Token — set Organization to All accessible organizations
  • Manage publishers and extensions
npm version patch  # or minor, major
git push && git push --tags
npx vsce login Andornaut
npx vsce publish

Guides

  • Extension guide: color theme
  • colorRegistry.ts — authoritative source for all valid theme color keys
  • Theme color documentation
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