Sine qua non for Neovim.

This theme is dark-only and follows Tonsky's syntax-highlighting article: highlight less, make definitions easy to scan, keep references plain, and let comments stay visible.

Usage

You can use this repo as you would with any other Neovim theme.

Nix flake

{
  inputs.snqn-nvim.url = "github:74k1/snqn-nvim";

  # ...
}

Then in Home Manager:

{
  programs.neovim = {
    enable = true;
    package = pkgs.neovim-unwrapped;
    plugins = [
      {
        plugin = inputs.snqn-nvim.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default;
        type = "lua";
        config =
        # lua
        ''
          require("snqn").setup({
            transparent = true,
          })

          vim.cmd('colorscheme snqn')
        '';
      }

      # other plugins ...
    ];
  };
}

Configuration

require("snqn").setup({
  transparent = true,
  transparent_highlights = false,
  disable_semantic_tokens = true,
  palettes = {
    base0E = "#A37BFF",
    -- and so on
  },
  highlight_overrides = function(colors, opts)
    return {
      CursorLineNr = {
        fg = colors.comment,
        bg = opts.transparent and "NONE" or colors.gutter,
      },
    }
  end,
})

Options

• transparent: make editor backgrounds transparent
• transparent_highlights: also remove fills from highlight-style surfaces like selection/search/diff/diagnostic chips
• disable_semantic_tokens: disable LSP semantic token coloring on attach so syntax stays in the theme's small set of highlight categories
• palettes: override any base00-base0F color
• highlight_overrides: override/add custom highlight groups

Thanks to

Contributors

• 74k1

Inspirations

• Nikita Prokopov
• y9san9/y9nika.nvim

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