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Converting a TextMate Theme
This guide will show you how to convert a TextMate theme to an Atom theme.
Differences
TextMate themes use plist files while Atom themes use CSS or LESS to style the UI and syntax in the editor.
The utility that converts the theme first parses the theme's plist file and then creates comparable CSS rules and properties that will style Atom similarly.
Install apm
The apm command line utility that ships with Atom supports converting
a TextMate theme to an Atom theme.
Check that you have apm installed by running the following command in your
terminal:
apm help init
You should see a message print out with details about the apm init command.
If you do not, launch Atom and run the Atom > Install Shell Commands menu
to install the apm and atom commands.
You can now run apm help init to see all the options for initializing new
packages and themes.
Convert the Theme
Download the theme you wish to convert, you can browse existing TextMate themes here.
Now, let's say you've downloaded the theme to ~/Downloads/MyTheme.tmTheme,
you can convert the theme with the following command:
apm init --theme ~/.atom/packages/my-theme --convert ~/Downloads/MyTheme.tmTheme
You can browse to ~/.atom/packages/my-theme to see the converted theme.
Activate the Theme
Now that your theme is installed to ~/.atom/packages you can enable it
by launching Atom and selecting the Atom > Preferences... menu.
Select the Themes link on the left side and choose My Theme from the Syntax Theme dropdown menu to enable your new theme.
🎉 Your theme is now enabled, open an editor to see it in action!
Further Reading
- Check out Publishing a Package for more information on publishing the theme you just created to atom.io.