Pycharm colors

After playing with Sublime Text for a while I realized:

• I still want the power and functionality of Pycharm and this is where my $ is going.
• The "look" of Sublime Text and color schemes make Pycharm look dated and ugly.

So, the hunt begins for better color themes for Pycharm.

1. https://github.com/sevas/pycharm-color-schemes, ugg xml errors and I am in no mood to debug that.
2. https://github.com/d1ffuz0r/pycharm-themes
3. https://gist.github.com/brianly/1622286
• put the xml file in ~/.Pycharm20/config/colors
• restart Pycharm if its running
• File->Setting-> Colors & Fonts
• Pick the Dark Solarized theme, do a save as if you want to pick a different font as well.

Note: File->Settings->Appearance lets one pick an overall look for Pycharm. The steps above just muck with the look of the editor component only.

After all of the above I ended up just using the builtin Darkula theme with the font size increased just a little. Fun learning experience anyway.