I was wondering, what color schemes do hackers use when programming? is it mostly dark background or bright? does it change for different programming languages?<p>For people who use dark color scheme: doesn't it hurt your eye?
I like the railscasts theme. I use it in macvim and sublime text 2. <a href="https://github.com/jpo/vim-railscasts-theme" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jpo/vim-railscasts-theme</a>
Solarized Dark! Actually, dark schemes are better on the eyes than light ones, but when you're browsing while coding, most Webpages tend to have a bright background, and too frequent switches between the dark console and the light browser may tire the eyes. But for long coding hours, definitely a dark colour scheme.
I use Resesif color scheme.<p>Screenshot: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/oUL5U.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/oUL5U.png</a><p>Download: <a href="https://github.com/sonereker/resesif.tmbundle" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/sonereker/resesif.tmbundle</a>
Emacs default for me, thanks! I used to play with color schemes, preferring Vim's desert and solarized among others, but if the screen's too bright now, I just turn down the brightness and/or make the font bigger.
Zenburn! It's beautiful and I use it for everything. It's dark and I can code for hours.<p><a href="http://slinky.imukuppi.org/zenburnpage/" rel="nofollow">http://slinky.imukuppi.org/zenburnpage/</a>
sublime or textmate with Railscasts. It's a dark theme, very nice. I find it very clear, easy to distinct keywords, variables, methods, comments just by the color.