https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell

Base16 for Shells
https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell

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Base16 for Shells

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell
• Owner: chriskempson
• License: other
• Created: 2012-08-30T19:46:21.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-04-04T21:00:29.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-06T22:36:32.091Z (6 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Homepage: https://github.com/chriskempson/base16
• Size: 733 KB
• Stars: 107
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 29
• Open Issues: 69
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# Base16 Shell

See the [Base16 repository](https://github.com/chriskempson/base16) for more information.

These scripts were built with [Base16 Builder PHP](https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-builder-php).

A shell script to change your shell's default ANSI colors but most importantly, colors 17 to 21 of your shell's 256 colorspace (if supported by your terminal). This script makes it possible to honor the original bright colors of your shell (e.g. bright green is still green and so on) while providing additional base16 colors to applications such as Vim.

![Base16 Shell](base16-shell.png)

## Use Cases

* You want to use a `*.256.*` variant of a Terminal theme designed to honor the original bright colors.

* You prefer to use a script instead of a terminal emulator theme to color your shell.

* You use this script to have different colorschemes appear on different SSH sessions.

## Installation

```shell

git clone https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell.git ~/.config/base16-shell

```

## Configuration

We're going to use the example theme of `base16_default` for the following instructions.

Replace with your desired theme.

Once you have got base16 setup you can try applying themes in your shell by typing `base16_`, letting autocomplete show you the options, then executing the theme you want to try.

### Bash/ZSH

Add following lines to `~/.bashrc` or `~/.zshrc`:

```bash

# Base16 Shell

BASE16_SHELL="$HOME/.config/base16-shell/"

[ -n "$PS1" ] && \

    [ -s "$BASE16_SHELL/profile_helper.sh" ] && \

        source "$BASE16_SHELL/profile_helper.sh"

        

base16_default

```

#### If you're using ZSH + plug

You won't need to do the `git clone` above.

Add the below commands to your `~/.zshrc` instead.

(This will likely work for other plugin managers too).

```

# before `zplug load`

zplug chriskempson/base16-shell, from:github

# after `zplug load`

base16_materia

```

### Fish

Add following lines to `~/.config/fish/config.fish`:

```fish

# Base16 Shell

if status --is-interactive

    set BASE16_SHELL "$HOME/.config/base16-shell/"

    source "$BASE16_SHELL/profile_helper.fish"

end

base16_materia

```

### Base16-Vim Users

the BASE16_THEME environment variable will set to your current colorscheme, you just need to add the following to your vimrc: i.e. (remove the base16colorspace line if not needed)

    if exists('$BASE16_THEME')

          \ && (!exists('g:colors_name') || g:colors_name != 'base16-$BASE16_THEME')

        let base16colorspace=256

        colorscheme base16-$BASE16_THEME

    endif

### tmux users

Add the following line to `~/.tmux.config` to passthrough color escape sequences.

(As of version 3.3 the passthrough of escape sequences is turned off by default)

```tmux

set -g allow-passthrough 1

```

## Troubleshooting

Run the included **colortest** script and check that your colour assignments appear correct. If your teminal does not support the setting of colours in within the 256 colorspace (e.g. Apple Terminal), colours 17 to 21 will appear blue.

![setting 256 colourspace not supported](setting-256-colourspace-not-supported.png)

If **colortest** is run without any arguments e.g. `./colortest` the hex values shown will correspond to the default scheme. If you'd like to see the hex values for a particular scheme pass the file name of the theme as the arguement e.g. `./colortest base16-ocean.sh`.

### Inverted blacks and whites

This is the expected behaviour when using a light theme:

https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell/issues/150