# Changing Processing IDE color scheme

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/changing-processing-ide-color-scheme/7244>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [January 6, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/changing-processing-ide-color-scheme/7244 "2019-01-06T09:34:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/changing-processing-ide-color-scheme/7244/19 "2019-01-10T11:47:50Z")

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> [@marky04](#):
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> And sure I’ll try to make changes to the syntax coloring to make it have more contrast, but that is basically what Zenburn is… a “low-contrast color scheme”.

understand, like it is kind of relaxing…  
but the

```auto
syntax highlighting

```

actually has the opposite idea, to catch your eyes on the program structure…  
so it was my idea to bring

> // comments  
> /\* and other info \*/

more to the background  
but as i say, just a private remark.

//\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_  
for the other thing:

> distributing/publishing a preferences.txt file

i hope a expert can jump in.

> [@](#):
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> do I need any licenses or any legal stuff to post the code?

no,no, not worry,

> [@](#):
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> I also changed it so that it only showed the altered parts now, to also make it easier to edit in the future.

yes, might be better.

but actually i think the whole thing could be discussed  
as a kind of processing 4.0 wish.

- -a- move the editor color settings out of preferences.txt
- -b- into the theme.txt  
it is now obvious to me that background and text color have to work together.
- -c- move the theme.txt file to the “user” directory where preferences is
- -d- make a file select entry in preferences.txt so we can hold several theme.txt files
- -e- allow IDE /File/Preferences to select one of that files

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