Emacs
An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant Emacs theme.
Install / Use
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Build for Emacs's terminal- and GUI mode with true colors and support for many third-party syntax and UI packages.
Getting Started
Visit the [official website][nord-home] to learn all about the [syntax highlighting][nord-home#syntax] features, details and elements of [UI and editor elements][nord-home#editor-details] and the [various theme configurations][nord-home#configurations].
Learn about the [installation and activation][nord-docs-home-install] and how to [configure][nord-docs-home-config] the theme from the [official documentations][nord-docs-home].
Quick Start
Thanks to the builtin Emacs package manager, Nord Emacs can be installed for all platforms and the various variants/forks of Emacs in a uniform way with one command from [MELPA][], [MELPA Stable][melpa-stable] and [marmalade-repo][marmelade].
To install or update Nord Emacs
- press <kbd>M-x</kbd>
- run the
package-installcommand - type
nord-themeand confirm with <kbd>↲</kbd>
For more setup methods see the [official installation & activation guide][nord-docs-home-install] as well as Emacs [official package install documentations][emacs-docs-pack_inst] for more details about the builtin package management.
Activation
Make sure the [~/.emacs.d/themes directory][emacs-docs-custh] has been added to Emacs load path by adding it to the list in your [init file][emacs-docs-initfile] (.init.el):
(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/themes/"))
To activate and use Nord Emacs as your default color theme load it in your init file:
(load-theme 'nord t)
To switch to the theme on-the-fly
- press <kbd>M-x</kbd>
- run the
load-themecommand - type
nordand confirm with <kbd>↲</kbd>
Features
<p align="center"><strong>Your editor. Your style.</strong></p> <p align="center">A unified UI and editor syntax element design provides a clutter-free and fluidly merging appearance.</p> <p align="center"> <picture> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nordtheme/web/main/assets/images/ports/emacs/overview-go-neotree.png"/> </picture> </p> <p align="center"><strong>Small details with unobtrusive styles.</strong></p> <p align="center">Small details with unobtrusive styles for popular and common code editor features like search result marker and brace matching — designed to get out of your way with a visually attractive appearance.</p> <p align="center"> <picture> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nordtheme/web/main/assets/images/ports/emacs/editor-syntax-go-comments.png"/> </picture> </p> <p align="center"><strong>Beautiful code to keep focused.</strong></p> <p align="center">Support for a wide range of programming languages — from bundled languages up to many popular syntax third-party packages.</p> <p align="center"> <picture> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nordtheme/web/main/assets/images/ports/emacs/editor-syntax-java-enum.png"/> </picture> </p> <p align="center"><strong>Configure it to fit your needs.</strong></p> <p align="center">Theme configurations like different <a href="https://www.nordtheme.com/docs/ports/emacs/configurations#region-highlight-style" target="_blank">region highlight styles</a> or <a href="https://www.nordtheme.com/docs/ports/emacs/configurations#uniform-mode-lines" target="_blank">uniform mode lines</a> allow to customize the theme to match your personal preferences.</p> <p align="center"> <picture> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nordtheme/web/main/assets/images/ports/emacs/editor-syntax-java-enum.png"/> </picture> </p>Contributing
Nord is an open source project and we love to receive contributions from the [community][nord-comm]!
There are many ways to contribute, from [writing- and improving documentation and tutorials][nord-contrib-guide-docs], [reporting bugs][nord-contrib-guide-bugs], [submitting enhancement suggestions][nord-contrib-guide-enhance] that can be added to Nord by [submitting pull requests][nord-contrib-guide-pr].
Please take a moment to read Nord's full [contributing guide][nord-contrib-guide] to learn about the development process, the project's used [styleguides][nord-contrib-guide-styles], [branch organization][nord-contrib-guide-branching] and [versioning][nord-contrib-guide-versioning] model.
The guide also includes information about [minimal, complete, and verifiable examples][nord-contrib-guide-mcve] and other ways to contribute to the project like [improving existing issues][nord-contrib-guide-impr-issues] and [giving feedback on issues and pull requests][nord-contrib-guide-feedback].
<p align="center"> <picture> <source srcset="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nordtheme/assets/main/static/images/elements/separators/iceberg/footer/dark/spaced.svg" width="100%" media="(prefers-color-scheme: light), (prefers-color-scheme: no-preference)" /> <source srcset="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nordtheme/assets/main/static/images/elements/separators/iceberg/footer/light/spaced.svg" width="100%" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" /> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nordtheme/assets/main/static/images/elements/separators/iceberg/footer/dark/spaced.svg" width="100%" /> </picture> </p> <p align="center"> Copyright © 2016-present <a href="https://www.svengreb.de" target="_blank">Sven Greb</a> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://github.com/nordtheme/emacs/blob/main/license" tRelated Skills
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