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, use the author from the input file, falling back to "rstudiothemes R package" if no author is listed.

Value

A character string containing the path to the .tmTheme file written to outfile.

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>