Dark vs Light, Printing?

[thestumbler]

This is a high-level question, two parts.

(1) Alexander Brevig has adapted Gruvbox for use in KiCad, a popular open-source PCB CAD design tool. I don't see his adaptation on your list, would it be appropriate to add it?

(2) I find this color scheme perfect for PCB and schematic layout, although I realize it is far afield from the intended use in vim (I use it in vim, too). But here's a problem I face -- printing a hard copy. Yeah, we still need to do that from time to time these days. If you print it normally, you'd use up a ton of black ink/toner. If you tell the program to use a white background (and not change any other colors), the contrasts are all wrong. Consider that yellow features jump out at you against a dark background, but can be barely visible against a white background.

Can gruvbox light be considered the "opposite" of dark, in the sense that it can be printed on white paper with good results? Or is it its own unique collection of colors, unrelated to dark?

[hza2002]

1. The application of the gruvbox color scheme seems to be separated into this repository: https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox-contrib
2. I also use the gruvbox color scheme in kicad, but as the gruvbox light color scheme's background is not pure white, which I believe affects the printing speed. I suggest you can test print it.

[thestumbler]

(1a) You have a light Gruvbox for KiCad???

(1b) Yes I found the contrib list. My observation is that KiCad isn't listed as one of the adaptations of Gruvbox.

(2) I think that is okay. In printing schematics there is an option to replace the background colors.

[hza2002]

1. You can provide a PR to the contrib repo, but it seems that there hasn't been a review of issues and PRs for a year now.
2. Sorry, I always use the gruvbox dark theme in kicad, when you mentioned the light one, I mistakenly thought it existed and that you had already experienced it.

However, I just tried create a light theme, you can check my work in this repo.

I believe light and dark are quite similar, with most colors being the same or very close. The main difference lies in the bg and fg. Both options cater to those who prefer light text on dark bg or dark text on light bg, allowing everyone to experience the gruvbox style.