blackbeard.nvim

blackbeard.nvim is a modern, customizable Neovim color scheme designed for productivity. Heavily inspired by TokyoNight, Kanagawa, Cyberdream, and Gruvbox. blackbeard-nvim is in it's early life. Palette and finetuning will come. User feedback is appreciated.

Preview

Watch the blackbeard-nvim on YouTube

Features

• Dark and Light themes inspired by popular colorschemes like Gruvbox, Kanagawa, TokyoNight, and Cyberdream
• Integration with popular plugins such as Telescope, LSP, and more.

Installation

🖤 Blackbeard-nvim Plugin Update: Easy Installation with Lazy.nvim

Hey everyone! I’ve been working on my dotfiles and recently branched off my blackbeard-nvim plugin to add some cool features. It’s a simple Neovim plugin for toggling between dark and light themes, and it’s super easy to install using Lazy.nvim (note: this doesn’t work with Packer). Follow the steps below to get started! 🚀

Installation Instructions

1. Visit the GitHub Repository
   Head over to the blackbeard-nvim repository:
   https://github.com/cvusmo/blackbeard-nvim

2. Add the Plugin to Your Neovim Config
   Open your Neovim configuration directory (usually ~/.config/nvim/). If you don’t already have a plugins directory for Lazy.nvim, create one:

mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins

3.Create or Edit the Plugin File Create (or edit) a file named blackbeard.lua in the ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/ directory:
bash

touch ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/blackbeard.lua

4. Add the Plugin Configuration Copy the following Lua code into ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/blackbeard.lua. This sets up the plugin with the default dark theme and adds a keybinding to toggle between dark and light themes:

-- ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/blackbeard.lua

return {
  "cvusmo/blackbeard-nvim",
  config = function()
    require("blackbeard").setup({
      theme = "dark", -- Default theme: "dark" or "light"
    })

    -- Function to toggle between dark and light themes
    local function toggle_theme()
      local current_theme = require("blackbeard").config.theme
      local new_theme = current_theme == "dark" and "light" or "dark"
      vim.cmd("BlackbeardTheme " .. new_theme)
    end

    -- Keybinding to toggle the theme
    vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>tt", toggle_theme, { desc = "Toggle Blackbeard theme (dark/light)" })
  end,
}

5. Sync Plugins with Lazy.nvim Open Neovim and run the following command to install the plugin:

:Lazy sync

6. This will download and install blackbeard-nvim from the master branch. Test the Plugin

   Restart Neovim Press tt (e.g., if your leader key is the default , this would be \tt) to toggle between the dark and light themes.
   Or enter command :BlackbeardTheme dark OR :BlackbeardTheme light You should see your Neovim colorscheme switch between the two themes!

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Acknowledgements

Thank you to all who have created colorschmes for neovim. These four have been some of my favorites to use and their code was instrumental in setting up my own colorscheme. Thank you again!

• Kanagawa
• Cyberdream
• Tokyonight
• Gruvbox

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