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Recursive theme for VS Code

Made especially for Recursive Mono (or any other code font with nice italics).

Installation

  1. Download this repo as a zip
  2. Add the entire folder to ~/.vscode/extensions/

Current styling

Recursive theme with Python

Recursive theme with Shell

Recursive theme with JavaScript

Note: these screenshots also make use of Bracket Pair Colorizer.

How to start your own theme

Easiest method

https://themer.dev/

More control

  1. duplicate a theme you like within ~/.vscode/extensions/
  2. update package.json
  3. update colors in themes/________theme.json

How to determine the type of a given token

It’s critical to be able to determine type of a given token in order to become efficient in theming. Luckily, it's easy!

Trigger the scope inspector from the Command Palette with the Developer: Inspect Editor Tokens and Scopes source