[Geany-Users] Themes, Etc. - more detail

[Alan Becker]

For those who have interest in this thread, here are the notes I have 
collected so far:

   Discovered that formatting documentation is in the main Documentation 
page at "Special file filetypes.common"
   Start w/ Ralesk's MC, as it seems to do best about showing searches 
and selections, etc.
   Use the HTML Color Picker at:  https://colorpicker.me/
   This one will display the color for a hex code, and also shows the 
hex code for a color.
   Select the file:  ~/.config/geany/colorschemes/mc.conf:

   First, save the file under a new name, such as: mc-mod.conf
   and now edit the renamed file as follows:

   Replace: name=Ralesk's MC
      with: #=  name=Ralesk's MC
            name=MC Modified

   Replace: default=#c0c0c0;#114;false;false
      with: #=  default=#c0c0c0;#114;false;false
            #=  default=Very light grey on deep blue-purple
            default=#f7f7f7;#12126d;true;true

   Replace: selection=#000;#369;true;true
      with: #=  selection = White on Turquoise
            selection=#ffffff;#107b89;true;true

   Replace: brace_good=#c0c0c0;#369;true;false
            brace_bad=#fff;#f00;true;false
      with: #=  brace good = Black on Yellow,  brace bad = Black on Orange
            brace_good=#000000;#f9fb0e;true;false
            brace_bad=#000000;#fc700d;true;false

   Replace: #=  comment=#960;;;true
      with: #=  comment = Orange on Dark Blue-Purple
            comment=#fa9754;#12126d;;true

   Replace: marker_search=#000;#0000f0   (Note: this change didn't work 
as expected)
      with: #=  marker_search=Orange shift
            marker_search=#000000;#fc700d

   Eventually we may find more desired changes, but this is a good start.

Color Codes for Mods above:
------------------------------------
#000000 - Black
#FFFFFF - White
#c0c0c0 - Grey
#eoeoeo - Light grey
#f0f0f0 - Light grey
#f7f7f7 - Light grey
#d0d0d0 - Medium Grey
#0000ff - Bright Blue
#0000f0 - Bright Blue, slightly darker
#3f5fbf - Slate Blue
#12126d - Dark Blue-Purple
#107b89 - Lighter Turquoise
#2eb0c3 - Medium Turquoise
#0c5e69 - Darker Turquoise
#ff0000 - Bright Red
#a80000 - Medium Red
#ffff00 - Light Yellow
#f9fb0e - Light Yellow
#fb8c42 - Bright Orange
#fa9754 - Light Orange
#fc700d - Medium Orange
#b8f4b8 - Pastel Green
#00f037 - Light Green
#1ffe01 - Light Mint Green
#028720 - Medium Green

I have a habit of commenting out original code before replacing it with 
my changes.  This makes the file look a little messy, but I find that it 
helps me.  Of course, anyone else is free to ignore this practice as you 
wish.  Also note: the original mc.conf file uses some coded names for 
some colors.  e.g. #000, #114, #309, #fff.  I never found where these 
names were defined, so I just replaced them with full hex color codes, 
where I wanted a change. Not the best way, but it worked for me for 
now.  I may eventually find the name definitions; if so, I'll look at 
this issue again.

Hope this helps someone.

Alan Becker