7.2 DIY Stylistic variants using palette overrides

This section contains practical examples of overriding the palette of the themes (Option for palette overrides). Users can copy the code to their init file, evaluate it, and then re-load the theme for changes to take effect. To apply overrides at startup simply define them before the call that loads the theme. Remember that we also provide presets that are easier to apply (Palette override presets).

• DIY Make the mode line borderless
• DIY Make the active mode line colorful
• DIY Make the tab bar more or less colorful
• DIY Make the fringe invisible or another color
• DIY Make links use subtle or no underlines
• DIY Make prompts more or less colorful
• DIY Make completion matches more or less colorful
• DIY Make comments yellow and strings green
• DIY Make code syntax use the old alt-syntax style
• DIY Make use of alternative styles for code syntax
• DIY Make matching parenthesis more or less intense
• DIY Make box buttons more or less gray
• DIY Make TODO and DONE more or less intense
• DIY Make headings more or less colorful
• DIY Make Org block colors more or less colorful
• DIY Make Org agenda more or less colorful
• DIY Make inline code in prose use alternative styles
• DIY Make mail citations and headers more or less colorful
• DIY Make the region preserve text colors, plus other styles
• DIY Make mouse highlights more or less colorful
• DIY Make language underlines less colorful
• DIY Make line numbers use alternative styles
• DIY Make diffs use only a foreground
• DIY Make deuteranopia diffs red and blue instead of yellow and blue