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Peacock - Late Night Coding FTW

John Papa on February 22, 2019

Flashback A while back I created a theme for VS Code called Winter is Coming. I learned how to do this by reading this great guide on th...
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Edison Yap • Edited

Man I was looking for something exactly like this! Worst was when I had multiple rails console opened at each tab and they all look identical.

Have a question though, does it work if I have my VS Code in full screen? (Mac)

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John Papa

Not yet. Preview just does title bar. I have an open issue on the repository to consider what other settings should be applied.

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João

Can you style the status bar? That might be a (perhaps better) alternative!

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John Papa

Yes - there is an open issue where I am gathering ideas for what should be colored. Please add your thoughts.

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John Papa

... and ... version 0.0.7 now has more options for coloring

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Blair McKee

I love it! I manage websites for multiple companies and often keep multiple windows open at a time. Makes switching so much easier. TY for sharing :)

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John Papa

Thanks! I'm happy you like it

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Benjamin Gil Flores

That plugin you did looks great men, but atm am not that pro and i work on a single App at once.

I will sure download it once im ready to work on different projects at the same time.

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John Papa

Have you tried using VS Code to edit text files too? Articles, notes for you todo's for the day, etc? Just curious. I love it for all text editing

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Benjamin Gil Flores • Edited

I havent tried it yet, sounds like a good idea, how do you normally wirte up this text files?, do you write the challenges for the day, or something like that?

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John Papa

I Use markdown in vs code for articles.

For daily notes I use markdown or it could just be text.

And often thought the day I have ideas one notirs I want to store.

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John Papa

you're welcome

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Kaitlyn McCormick

Love the coloration of the theme!

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John Papa

Thanks!

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Andy Zhao (he/him)

Nice! Simple and intuitive.

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Vedran Blaženka

Thanks for this. It's really useful. Cheers! :)

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John Papa

you're welcome, cheers

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Baily Case

I don't think I will ever use Peacock mainly because I don't ever have multiple windows like that.
BUT, I love the theme and am totally using it now.

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John Papa

No worries :)

Thanks for using the theme

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Jaime González García

Looks really cool and useful! Thank you for building it and sharing! 😀👍

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Subodh Kumar

Thanks a lot for this...i was actually looking for something like this!!!