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Kalolo is a dark 256-colors scheme for the [kakoune](https://kakoune.org/) editor, designed with consistency in mind.
Kalolo is a dark 256-colors scheme for the [kakoune](https://kakoune.org/) editor, designed with usability and consistency in mind.
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Rationale
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Color schemes are often perceived as a matter af taste.
Color schemes are often perceived as a matter of taste.
While this is true in essence, there are still some usability guidelines that may be followed.
Most of color schemes for text editors show some of the following antipatterns:
Most of color schemes for text editors show some of the following anti-patterns:
- themes with too few colors (e.g. the default theme for Eclipse),
- fancy rainbows which tries to pack so many colors on each lines that it becomes difficult to parse the text visually (e.g. the "one" theme for Atom),
- use of colors without semantic consistency,
- use of colors without semantic consistency (e.g. some control-flow keywords are red, some are blue),
- a lack of understanding of what information are important (e.g. making comments less visible),
- no visual clue on the current status of the (modal) editor (e.g. grey status bar, single-color cursors).