Tempus Themes for Vim

The theme files can be copied manually or installed as a bundle with a plugin.

1 Manual method: we use the command line

Start by cloning the tempus-themes-vim repo and entering it (unless you prefer copy-pasting, in which case adapt accordingly):

git clone https://gitlab.com/protesilaos/tempus-themes-vim.git --depth 1 && cd tempus-themes-vim

1.1 Create destination directory

The manual method requires you to copy the file to ~/.vim/colors/. Run the following command, while ignoring line that start with # (those are just comments):

# Create path to colors directory if it does not already exist
mkdir -p ~/.vim/colors/

1.2 Copying to destination directory

Now run the following command for the theme of your choice. The example uses tempus_winter.vim:

cp colors/tempus_winter.vim ~/.vim/colors/

Done.

Pro tip. To copy all the themes at once, run the following:

cp colors/*.vim ~/.vim/colors/

2 Plugin method

Use your favourite plugin manager method.

With vim-plug add the following line to your .vimrc:

Plug "https://gitlab.com/protesilaos/tempus-themes-vim.git"

Then execute the plugin manager's command to update the plugin files.

3 Applying the theme

Once available, the theme is declared with the following options inside the .vimrc:

" Theme
syntax enable
colorscheme tempus_winter

Enjoy!

Note that by default, the theme does not set the background color when used in a terminal to play well with transparent terminals. The background color can be set by adding the following option in the .vimrc:

let g:tempus_enforce_background_color=1

4 GNU/Linux Package

If you use Arch Linux or derivatives, you can get these themes from the AUR.

Additional resources

For more information about this project, screenshots, and all available ports, refer to the main Tempus themes repo.

License

GNU General Public License Version 3.

Meta

All theme files are created through scripts with the Tempus themes generator. See the generator's CONTRIBUTING.md.

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