Four warm truecolor colorschemes for the micro editor, packaged as an installable plugin.
One accent language across all four — coral keywords, amber functions, olive strings, one cool teal anchor for types — over four different canvases.
| Colorscheme | Background | Neutrals | Use it when |
|---|---|---|---|
ember-dusk-tc |
dark, transparent | warm | You want your wallpaper showing through |
ember-slate-tc |
dark, transparent | cool | Same, but over cool or photographic wallpapers |
ember-night-tc |
dark, opaque | warm | You want the theme to look identical everywhere |
ember-paper-tc |
light, opaque | warm | Daylight, or a light terminal |
The two transparent themes leave default without a background so your
terminal shows through, but keep the chrome — statusline, tabbar, cursor line,
selection — solid so the cursor never gets lost.
 ember-dusk-tc — dark, transparent, warm |
 ember-slate-tc — dark, transparent, cool |
 ember-night-tc — dark, opaque |
 ember-paper-tc — light, opaque |
The top two set no background of their own, so what you see behind the text is a real wallpaper showing through a real terminal — that is the whole point of them, and the chrome staying solid on top of it is what keeps the cursor findable. The bottom two bring their own background and look the same everywhere, whatever is behind the window.
All four are captured by demo/capture.sh, which drives WezTerm on a virtual
display, so they can be rebuilt after a palette change and none of them is an
artist's impression.
Add this repo to pluginrepos in ~/.config/micro/settings.json:
"pluginrepos": ["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vish9812/micro-ember/main/repo.json"]Then:
> plugin install ember
git clone https://github.com/vish9812/micro-ember ~/.config/micro/plug/emberEither way, restart micro and pick one:
> set colorscheme ember-dusk-tc
They appear in set colorscheme tab-completion alongside micro's built-ins.
If you would rather not install a plugin, copy the four .micro files from
colorschemes/ into ~/.config/micro/colorschemes/. They work standalone —
the plugin only exists to make installation and updates a single command.
All four are -tc schemes and need 24-bit colour:
> set truecolor on
Restart micro afterwards. On a 256-colour terminal the palette degrades to approximations and will not look as intended.
- palette — a searchable palette for micro: help topics, options, colorschemes, open buffers and files behind one keystroke. Its colorscheme mode previews these four live.
- scrollz — viewport control for micro: put the line you are reading where you want it on screen, and move half a screen without losing the cursor.
- navz — keyboard-first navigation for VS Code: jump to any visible word in two keystrokes.
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