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Where can I get Toad syntax coloring schemes?

I am a big fan of the light colors on a dark background color scheme for programming - which is unfortunately not what Quest's Toad comes with by default.

I notice that it is possible to export and import settings under the language management window, and I know that Toad has a large level of community involvement. So I assume there must be some location where people are posting their custom coloring schemes. However, in part because I don't know what the Toad guys call them (skins? colorization? themes?) and in part because its so hard to Google Toad +skins I cannot for the life of me find them.

Does anyone know if there is such a place so I don't have to set the colors by hand?

Solution

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    1. What's the official name?

      The file extension (.dvtcolortheme) suggests "Color Theme" or "DWT Color Theme" are the official names. Most users on Toad forums seem to use the same terminology.

    2. Where are they shared?

      There does not seem to be a dedicated site for sharing color themes. However, there were a couple forums on ToadWorld, and ToadForOracle where folks were talking about swapping these color theme files. I would suggest hopping on the forum and asking if others have files to share or know of any repository sites.

    3. Available Color Themes

      * Nocturnal theme on GitHub: https://github.com/grng/Nocturnal-Toad-Color-Scheme Nocturnal Toad Color Scheme

      * A nice dark-background theme: http://toadfororacle.com/thread.jspa?messageID=93203

    4. Rolling-your-own

      I know you did not want to create your own, but it looks a lot easier than either of us expected. The .dwtcolortheme settings file is just XML.

      I suggest visiting http://studiostyl.es/ - as it's a large repository of Visual Studio themes. Find a thumbnail you like, take a screen shot, and use a color picker to capture the values. Plop them in your XML settings file and you are ready to go.