UMPlayer Update; Sublime Text 2 Gets Solarized [WebUpd8 PPA]

UMPlayer

UMPlayer is a new cross-platform SMPlayer fork. Since it uses Mplayer, it can play most video formats and comes with some very interesting features. For instance, it supports CSS skins so it's very easy to theme.

I've updated UMPlayer to revision 143 in the WebUpd8 PPA - this update brings a feature many have been asking for in the comments: the time position in the video is now remembered (thanks to Steve for the tip!).

Install UMPlayer in Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install umplayer

Sublime Text 2

Sublime Text 2 is a TextMate-like text editor currently in alpha which is now available for Linux too (as well as Windows and Mac OSX).

Sublime Text 2 has also been updated to the latest rev but besides this, I've also incorporated Solarized dark and light color schemes with the Sublime Text 2 package. I've also announced this on ppa.webupd8.org but I felt this deserves a mention on WebUpd8 too.

What's "Solarized"? Check out our previous post: Solarized: A Must Have Color Scheme For Gnome Terminal, Vim, Gedit And Lots More

Install Sublime Text 2 in Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 using the commands below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text-2

To get the new Solarized color schemes for Sublime Text 2 (Sublime Text 2 supports TextMate color schemes so these are TextMate color schemes) you may have to either purge the previous Sublime Text 2 (sudo apt-get purge sublime-text-2) and then reinstall or manually remove the config folder (~/.config/sublime-text-2 - you can backup some files if you've customized some settings and copy them back once you install the latest Sublime Text 2).

Then, select Preferences > Color scheme > Solarized dark or light.

Of course, if you want you can also manually install the Sublime Text 2 Solarized color schemes: download them from HERE, then place the files under "~/.config/sublime-text-2/Packages/Color Scheme - Default".

Note: Solarized for TextMate (which are used by Sublime Text 2) are currently work in progress.

Solarized: A Must Have Color Scheme For Gnome Terminal, Vim, Gedit And Lots More

WebUpd8 reader Lu Wang sent us an email about a beautiful (and very popular) color theme for various applications called "Solarized".

Solarized comes with both light and dark colorschemes and what makes it so special is that the contrast is "low in lightness but the colors are still well distinguishable due to the different hue values used" says Lu Wang. But that's of not all. Check out the Solarized homepage for a lot more info and screenshots.

There are Solarized color schemes available for many applications: Vim, Emacs, IntelliJ IDEA, Netbeans, Mutt, GIMP and more. Below I'll tell you how to set up Solarized for Gnome Terminal (and Guake) as well as Gedit.


Here are some light/dark Solarized theme screenshots for Gedit and Gnome Terminal:

Set up Solarized for Gnome Terminal and Guake

To install GIT and get a `fix` for "ls", open a terminal and copy/paste the following commands:

sudo apt-get install git-core
cd
wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/seebi/solarized/raw/989a67d68e1a35d130d4afe6299b5f1c0d5c9122/ls-colors-solarized/dircolors
mv dircolors .dircolors
eval `dircolors ~/.dircolors`

Then, set up Solarized for GNOME Terminal:

git clone https://github.com/sigurdga/gnome-terminal-colors-solarized.git
cd gnome-terminal-colors-solarized

And now you can set it to light or dark using the following commands:

./set_dark.sh
./set_light.sh

And for Guake:

cd
git clone https://github.com/coolwanglu/guake-colors-solarized.git
cd guake-colors-solarized

And use ./set_light.sh and ./set_dark.sh to set the color scheme.

Note: for Gnome Terminal in Ubuntu 11.04, I've also had to edit some settings to remove the transparency: Edit > Profile Preferences, on the "Background" tab uncheck "Use background settings from system theme" and then select "Solid color".

Solarized for Gedit

The (unofficial yet) Solarized Gedit themes are still work in progress but you can install them already. Download Solarized for Gedit: light | dark

To install them, in Gedit select Edit > Preferences, go to the "Fonts & Colors" tab, select "Add" and browse for the light/dark Solarized themes you've downloaded.

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Update: There's another Solarized color scheme for Gedit HERE which uses more orange (it basically uses the same colors but differently) so check out this one too. Here's how the Gedit Solarized alternative looks:

Links

Want Solarized color schemes for other applications? Check out the links below:

• Homepage：http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized
• Main git repository: vim, emacs, mutt, gimp palette, Xresources: https://github.com/altercation/solarized
• Siguradga's fork: gnome-terminal: https://github.com/sigurdga/gnome-terminal-colors-solarized
• Seebi's fork: dircolors, tmux: https://github.com/seebi/solarized
• Lu Wang's fork: Guake: https://github.com/coolwanglu/guake-colors-solarized

Many thanks to Lu Wang for the info!