Auto light/dark theme switching#296
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Switch between Catppuccin Mocha (dark) and Latte (light) based on: - macOS: Swift daemon watches system appearance changes (instant) - Non-macOS: Sunrise/sunset from ~/.config/tz.conf or 7AM-7PM fallback Ghostty and Neovim handle switching natively. All other tools are switched via scripts/switch-theme.fish which updates configs and reloads tmux. Fish universal variables propagate BAT_THEME, FZF colors, and DARK_MODE to all running shells instantly. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Symlink files (bottom.toml, eza/theme.yml, yazi/theme.toml, gh-dash/config.yml) are now gitignored — the dark/light variant files remain tracked. install.sh creates the initial symlinks. Sed-modified files (starship.toml, gitconfig, atuin/config.toml, zellij/config.kdl, btop/btop.conf, k9s/config.yaml) use git skip-worktree to hide runtime theme changes from git status. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- _sed_i now resolves symlinks before in-place edit (macOS sed can't operate on symlinks directly) - Swift watcher uses /opt/homebrew/bin/fish instead of env lookup (launchd has a limited PATH) - install.sh symlinks switch-theme.fish to ~/.local/bin/ Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- Tmux: sed the @catppuccin_flavor in tmux.conf before sourcing (previously set-then-source caused source to overwrite the value) - Neovim: send 'set background=light/dark' to all running instances via --remote-send to nvim sockets - Added tmux/tmux.conf to skip-worktree list Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- Theme watcher: replaced notification-based approach with 2-second polling of AppleInterfaceStyle (notifications don't work reliably for CLI binaries launched by launchd) - Tmux: sed the flavor in tmux.conf before sourcing so it takes effect - Neovim: send 'set background=light/dark' to all running instances via nvim --remote-send to socket files - install.sh: symlink switch-theme.fish to ~/.local/bin/ and add tmux/tmux.conf to skip-worktree Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
The catppuccin/tmux plugin uses -ogq (only set if not set) for all theme variables. On flavor switch, the old @thm_* values persisted and the new theme file was silently ignored. Fix by unsetting all @thm_, @catppuccin_, and @_ctp_ variables before re-sourcing. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Source tmux.conf before re-sourcing catppuccin plugin so user settings (window_status_style rounded, window_flags icon) are set before the plugin's -ogq defaults. Then source tmux.conf again after plugin for post-catppuccin overrides. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Bump low-contrast colors from Surface2 (#ACB0BE) and Overlay1 (#8C8FA1) to Overlay2 (#7C7F93) and Subtext1 (#5C5F77) for better readability on a light background. Affects permissions, punctuation, metadata, and secondary text elements. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Add Catppuccin Latte fish_color_* values to the theme handler. The -lah flags (fish_color_option) switch from Mocha green (#a6e3a1) to Latte green (#40a02b), and params from Mocha flamingo (#f2cdcd) to Latte flamingo (#dd7878) — both much more readable on light bg. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…theme fish_frozen_theme.fish (sorted alphabetically after 01-theme.fish) was overwriting the Latte colors with hardcoded Mocha values. By renaming to 99-theme.fish, the dynamic theme handler loads last and correctly overrides the frozen defaults. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
fish_frozen_theme.fish loaded after 99-theme.fish and overwrote the Latte colors with hardcoded Mocha values. All fish_color_* management is now handled dynamically by 99-theme.fish. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
go.nvim already runs golangci-lint via its linter config. Having nvim-lint also trigger it caused 'parallel golangci-lint is running' errors since golangci-lint doesn't support concurrent execution. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Set vim.o.background from ~/.config/theme-mode so catppuccin picks the correct flavour (latte/mocha) on launch. Changed flavour from hardcoded 'mocha' to 'auto' to respect the background setting. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Add background = 000000 to ghostty/config when switching to dark, remove it when switching to light. Ghostty config added to skip-worktree list. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Created catppuccin-mocha-black.conf theme with background = 000000 instead of Mocha's default #1e1e2e. Ghostty's native light/dark theme switching now uses this directly, so the black background applies to the entire terminal — not just tmux. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Many Go CLI tools (lipgloss, glamour) use COLORFGBG to detect light/dark terminal background. Setting this ensures correct theme detection for tools like gh copilot in new sessions. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
fish_variables stores THEME_MODE universal variable which changes on every light/dark switch. Skip-worktree prevents it from showing as modified in git status. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Each file modified by the theme switcher at runtime now has a comment explaining it is skip-worktree'd and how to un-flag it when making real config changes. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- Shorten skip-worktree comment in k9s/config.yaml to fit 80 char limit - Quote $(id -u) in install.sh launchctl commands (SC2046) Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…itch script Replace the fragile git skip-worktree approach with a .gitattributes clean filter that normalizes catppuccin theme strings (latte→mocha) on git diff/add. This eliminates issues with git stash, checkout, and branch switching. Also condense switch-theme.fish from 169 to 119 lines by replacing repetitive if/else blocks with data-driven loops for sed swaps and symlink swaps. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
The theme switcher was doing a global replace of catppuccin_mocha↔latte across the entire starship.toml, which renamed palette definition headers like [palettes.catppuccin_mocha] causing TOML duplicate key errors. Now only the 'palette = ' line is modified. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Replace external script-driven theme switching with native detection
for 4 tools, significantly reducing switch-theme.fish complexity.
tmux: Add client-dark-theme/client-light-theme hooks (tmux 3.6+)
- New catppuccin-reset.conf unsets all theme vars for clean re-apply
- Ghostty reports appearance changes → tmux fires hooks automatically
- Eliminates sed swap, variable clearing loop, triple source-file dance
bat: Switch to BAT_THEME=auto:system with BAT_THEME_DARK/LIGHT env vars
- bat auto-detects terminal color scheme per invocation
- No daemon or script needed
yazi: Use native [flavor] dark/light config
- New theme.toml with flavor section replaces symlink-swapped theme files
- Catppuccin flavors installed locally with tmtheme.xml for syntax highlighting
- Removes yazi from symlink swap loop
fish: Refactor to use native fish_terminal_color_theme (fish 4.x)
- Replaces custom THEME_MODE universal variable with fish's built-in
OSC 11 terminal background detection
- Removes initialization block and THEME_MODE propagation
delta: Remains using sed swap (blocked by upstream issue #1678 — no
dual-theme config support yet)
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
No longer needed — theme detection now uses fish 4.x native fish_terminal_color_theme instead of a custom universal variable. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Yazi now uses native flavor system (theme.toml is a real file, not a symlink). fish_variables no longer contains THEME_MODE, so the normalize filter is unused. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
The .gitattributes clean filter handles theme normalization now, so skip-worktree is no longer needed for these files. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- Add ,tG for git status view - Add ,tS for document symbols view - Move buffers from ,tb to ,tB - Move toggle from ,tg to ,tT Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
Automatically switches all tool themes between Catppuccin Latte (light) and Catppuccin Mocha (dark) based on macOS system appearance. On non-macOS systems, uses sunrise/sunset calculations from
~/.config/tz.conf.What switches
Instant (native support): Ghostty, Neovim (via catppuccin
flavour = "auto")Via switch script (sed-based): starship, gitconfig (delta), atuin, zellij, btop, k9s, tmux (catppuccin plugin)
Via switch script (symlinks): bottom, eza, yazi, gh-dash
Via fish universal variable: fish syntax highlighting colors, BAT_THEME, FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS, DARK_MODE, COLORFGBG
Architecture
scripts/theme-watcher.swift— macOS daemon that pollsAppleInterfaceStyleevery 2 secondsscripts/switch-theme.fish— Central orchestrator that updates all configsscripts/detect-theme-mode— POSIX shell detection (macOS / tz.conf sunrise-sunset / fallback)fish/conf.d/99-theme.fish— Fish event handler for instant propagation via universal variablescripts/sunrise-sunset.py— Pure Python NOAA algorithm (no pip deps) for non-macOSNotes
git update-index --skip-worktreeto keep git cleancatppuccin-mocha-black.conftheme (pure black background)install.shhandles compiling the Swift watcher, installing the launchd agent, and setting up symlinks