An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant dircolors color theme.
Designed for a fluent and clear workflow.
Based on the Nord color palette.
Font: Source Code Pro 12px.
Getting started
Installation
NOTE: Nord dircolors MUST be used with the associated terminal emulator theme in order to work properly!
Make sure to install one of the currently supported terminal themes listed below before installing Nord dircolors.
Manual
Copy the dir_colors file to ~/.dir_colors.
Install Script
The included install.sh shell script can be used for an automated installation.
If no option is specified, the default color theme file is src/dir_colors.
A list of available options can be shown with the --help option.
./install.sh --helpSyntax: install.sh [OPTIONS]
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
-h, --help |
Shows the help |
-v, --verbose |
Verbose output |
-c <COLOR_THEME_FILE>, --colorthemefile <COLOR_THEME_FILE> |
Use the specified color theme file |
Design Concept
Global Defaults
Permissions
Directories are colored by nord9 using a bold font.
Directories with the t permission flag have a nord9 background, nord4 foreground and the font is underlined while directories that addionally have the o+w permission flag are using a bold font style.
Directories with the 777 permission value are underlined.
Links
Symbolic links are colored by nord8 while the font of hard links is addionally underlined.
The foreground of a invalid symbolic link is colored by nord11 while nonexistent targets using a nord11 background and a bold nord4 foreground.
Executables
Executables are colored by nord7 using a bold font.
Blocks and Sockets
Character devices are colored by nord13 while block devices are addionally using a bold font.
Sockets are also colored by nord13 and addionally using a underlined font.
Capabilities
The GID g+s and UID u+s capability flags are colored by the default nord4 using a bold- and underlined font.
Named pipe (fifo)
Named pipes (fifo) are colored by nord7 using a bold font.
Extension Pattern
Media
Extension for media based types like images, audio, videos and documents are colored by nord14 while archive- and compression types are addionally using a bold font.
Ignores
This theme colorizes extensions that are produced during a application runtime, which should be ignored by version control systems, with the dimmed effect applied to nord4.
Development
Contribution
Please report issues/bugs, feature requests and suggestions for improvements to the issue tracker.
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