diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3144f0b..eaf68a5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ -Kalolo is a dark 256-colors scheme for the [kakoune](https://kakoune.org/) editor, designed with usability and consistency in mind. - +Kalolo is a dark 256-colors scheme for the [kakoune](https://kakoune.org/) editor, designed with consistency in mind. Features ======== @@ -38,26 +37,3 @@ Screenshots ![Screenshot in insert mode](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nojhan/kalolo/main/screen_insert.png) ![Screenshot in normal mode](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nojhan/kalolo/main/screen_normal.png) - - -Rationale -========= - -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 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 (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). - -Kalolo tries to address those kind of problems. - - -Limitations -=========== - -- So far, Kalolo only exists as a dark theme (but contributions are welcomed). -- The design is limited by a compromise with the syntax parsing engine: less keyword types necessarily means less color shades. Adding more keyword types would mean more configuration.