editor recommendations?

[Cameron Simpson]

On 26Feb2021 06:51, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>I'm looking for an editor to use for Python programming, as well as related incidentals such as markdown files, restructured text, etc.
>
>I'm currently using vim, and the primary reason I've stuck with it for so long is because I can get truly black screens with it.  By which I mean that I have a colorful window title bar, a light-grey menu bar, and then a light-grey frame around the text-editing window (aka the only window), and a nice, black-background editing area.
>
>When I have occasionally tried other editors, they either don't support a black background, or the black background is only for the text-editing portion which leaves large portions of screen real-estate with a bright background, which is hard on my eyes.
>
>So, what's the state-of-the-art with regards to editors supporting dark 
>color themes?

I'm afraid I use vim. My colour schemes come from (a) the terminal 
(often my screen is 100% terminals) and (b) the vim syntax highlighting.  
And I've got an easy-on-the-eyes colouring for the vim pane separator 
characters.

My fingers know vim. Some others' fingers know emacs.

So I mostly get my colours from my terminal setup, which means I have a 
consistent dark theme for most of my activities: editing, shells and 
email (mutt). And I have my terminal panes which don't have the keyboard 
focus slightly dim themselves.

Alas, this does not recommend another editor for you.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au>