oldtale.nvim

Oldtale is a Neovim colorscheme focused on visual comfort, inspired by OldWorld.nvim, with subtle adjustments tailored to personal preferences. While maintaining the gentle color palette of OldWorld.nvim, it slightly increases the contrast to enhance readability and eye comfort, without sacrificing the soothing nature of the theme. Additionally, oldtale inherits the essence of mellow.nvim, while making fine-tuned adjustments to syntax highlighting and UI elements.

The reason for creating this new theme is that, although I deeply appreciated the visual comfort provided by OldWorld.nvim, I wanted to make small adjustments to better suit my personal preferences, especially in terms of syntax highlighting and UI elements.

🎨 Palette

📷 Preview

📦 Installation

With lazy.nvim:

{
    "topazape/oldtale.nvim",
    lazy = false,
    priority = 1000,
}

🚀 Usage

Using lua:

vim.cmd.colorscheme("oldtale")

⚙️ Configuration

The theme comes with sensible defaults, but you can customize it to your liking:

local default_config = {
	terminal_colors = true,
	styles = {
		comments = {},
		keywords = {},
		identifiers = {},
		functions = {},
		variables = {},
		booleans = {},
	},
	integrations = {
		blink = false,
		cmp = false,
		gitsigns = false,
		lazy = false,
		lsp = false,
		markdown = false,
		mason = false,
		noice = false,
		notify = false,
		rainbow_delimiters = false,
		saga = false,
		telescope = false,
		treesitter = false,
	},
	highlight_overrides = {},
}

Note

All plugin integrations are disabled by default. Make sure to enable the integrations you want to use in your configuration.

To customize the theme, pass your configuration like this:

require("oldtale").setup({
	styles = {
		booleans = { italic = true, bold = true },
	},
	integrations = {
		blink = true,
		telescope = true,
	},
	highlight_overrides = {
		Comment = { bg = "#ff0000" },
	},
})

🔥 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit PRs for any improvements you'd like to see.

🎙️ Acknowledgements

• oldworld.nvim for providing an excellent base theme that prioritizes eye comfort
• mellow.nvim for the original inspiration and color philosophy

This theme builds upon the great work done by both oldworld.nvim and mellow.nvim, aiming to provide another option for developers who prioritize comfortable viewing during long coding sessions.