I've updated the patch to have a better darkening algorithm based on hsv color coordinates. I'd still appreciate if anyone has any pointers on how to achieve this effect in MacVim.
Thanks! -- Jason On Sep 10, 3:31 am, Jason Moiron <jlmoi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sure. > > The patch is here: (I should really set up an hg mirror, I'm thinking > more and more I want to make this a bit less ugly than some compile- > time always-on hack) > > http://dev.jmoiron.net/vim-shadow.patch > > Here are some assorted screenshots: > > http://jmoiron.net/~jmoiron/ss/vim-shadow.pnghttp://jmoiron.net/~jmoiron/ss/vim-shadow2.pnghttp://jmoiron.net/~jmoiron/ss/vim-shad-dark.pnghttp://jmoiron.net/~jmoiron/ss/vim-shad-light.png > > It doesn't look all that hot on light backgrounds; I think either my > darkening algorithm is a little too severe. I worked in a catch for > fairly bright colors, but it's got all sorts of caveats (anything very > red will be considered "bright"). Still, once rendering the effect is > possible, determining the right shadow color is probably a less > difficult issue. > > -- Jason > > On Sep 9, 5:22 pm, Janusz Bossy <janusz.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Jason Moiron <jlmoi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've recently written a hacky little patch for vim gtk+x11 which will > > > draw faux shadows under text. I quite like the look of this, and > > > wanted to get this going on my OSX laptop as well. > > > Hi Jason, > > > unfortunately I can't help you with your problem but I just wanted to > > see how the effect looks on your linux machine. Can you point me to > > the patch or just upload a couple of screenshots? > > > Thanks, > > Janusz -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php