Convert a Visual Studio Code or Positron theme file to TextMate

Convert a .json file representing a Visual Studio Code or Positron theme and write the equivalent TextMate theme file (.tmTheme).

convert_positron_to_tm_theme() is an alias for convert_vs_to_tm_theme().

Usage

convert_vs_to_tm_theme(
  path,
  outfile = tempfile(fileext = ".tmTheme"),
  name = NULL,
  author = NULL
)

convert_positron_to_tm_theme(
  path,
  outfile = tempfile(fileext = ".tmTheme"),
  name = NULL,
  author = NULL
)

Arguments

path

Path or URL to a Visual Studio Code or Positron theme file in .json format.

outfile

Path where the resulting file will be written. Defaults to a temporary file created with tempfile().

name

Theme name. If NULL, the name from the input file is used.

author

Theme author. If NULL, the author is extracted from the input file, otherwise it defaults to "rstudiothemes R package".

Value

This function is called for its side effects. It writes a .tmTheme file to outfile and returns the file path.

See also

read_vs_theme() to inspect the input theme and read_tm_theme() to inspect the converted theme.

Theme file converters: convert_tm_to_vs_theme(), convert_to_rstudio_theme()

Examples

vstheme <- system.file("ext/test-simple-color-theme.json",
  package = "rstudiothemes"
)
path <- convert_vs_to_tm_theme(vstheme)
#> ! The Visual Studio Code theme "Skeletor Syntax" does not list an author. Use the `author` argument.
#> ℹ Using default `author = "rstudiothemes R package"`.

readLines(path) |>
  head(50) |>
  cat(sep = "\n")
#> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
#> <plist version="1.0">
#>   <dict>
#>     <key>name</key>
#>     <string>Skeletor Syntax</string>
#>     <key>author</key>
#>     <string>rstudiothemes R package</string>
#>     <key>colorSpaceName</key>
#>     <string>sRGB</string>
#>     <key>semanticClass</key>
#>     <string>theme.dark.skeletor_syntax</string>
#>     <key>comment</key>
#>     <string>Generated with rstudiothemes R package</string>
#>     <key>uuid</key>
#>     <string>65623931-3630-4063-b063-653630303437</string>
#>     <key>settings</key>
#>     <array>
#>       <dict>
#>         <key>settings</key>
#>         <dict>
#>           <key>background</key>
#>           <string>#2B2836</string>
#>           <key>foreground</key>
#>           <string>#DCE7FD</string>
#>           <key>selection</key>
#>           <string>#55535E</string>
#>           <key>lineHighlight</key>
#>           <string>#55535E</string>
#>           <key>caret</key>
#>           <string>#BD93F9</string>
#>           <key>invisibles</key>
#>           <string>#363340</string>
#>           <key>gutterForeground</key>
#>           <string>#655E7F</string>
#>         </dict>
#>       </dict>
#>       <dict>
#>         <key>name</key>
#>         <string>comment</string>
#>         <key>scope</key>
#>         <string>comment</string>
#>         <key>settings</key>
#>         <dict>
#>           <key>foreground</key>
#>           <string>#655E7F</string>
#>         </dict>
#>       </dict>
#>       <dict>
#>         <key>name</key>
#>         <string>doctype</string>