The #alabaster theme by @nikitonsky is the first theme since solarized that makes me want to use it.

I recommend his blog post to understand why: https://tonsky.me/blog/syntax-highlighting/

My port of the Alabaster theme (family) for Helix was approved, merged to `main`, further modified as per requests, and modifications merged to `main`, too.

The time from creating the PRs to having them merged was really short. Now how long it takes to get from `main` into an actual **release**, that I don’t know.

My original repo (just the theme family) lives at https://github.com/wolf/alabaster-for-helix. The `README` there has screenshots; points to the works of Alabaster’s creator (Nikita Prokopov, “tonsky”), which includes the original themes, repo, and an article that explains it all.

I use this theme all the time and will continue to maintain it. I see further suggestions in Issues on my repo. I take suggestions, issues, and PRs seriously.

#HelixEditor #OpenSource #Themes #Alabaster

"Tempted"
Teableau for 01/12/26

"So don't be tempted by the shiny apple
Don't you eat of a bitter fruit
Hunger only for a taste of justice
Hunger only for a world of truth
'Cause all that you have is your soul."

Tracy Chapman

#Tea #Apples #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #BlackTea #Handmade #Sewing #VintageChina #Alabaster #Marble #Jade #Ceramics #AhmadTeas #TracyChapman

Published my port of the Alabaster theme family for Helix.

Alabaster is a minimal syntax highlighting approach by Nikita Prokopov (tonsky) - only 4 semantic colors: strings, constants, comments, and definitions. Everything else stays plain text because code structure is already clear from formatting.

I've ported all 6 variants (light/dark × standard/BG/mono) from the original Sublime theme (staying as close as possible to the original). Also submitted a PR to ship these with Helix upstream!

Original theme: https://github.com/tonsky/sublime-scheme-alabaster
Read tonsky's essay: https://tonsky.me/blog/syntax-highlighting/
My port: https://github.com/wolf/alabaster-for-helix

I tried to duplicate the original exactly, however Helix has multiple selections so I made the colors distinct between "selection" and "primary-selection".

#HelixEditor #Helix #Alabaster #MinimalDesign #SyntaxHighlighting #TextEditor #Rust

@welshpixie 's post: https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie/115544070835333839
reminds me of this small visitor I got while I was carving stone some years ago.

#spider #arthropod #alabaster #stoneCarving #sculpture