USAGE.md: Two getting started questions

[schittli]

Hello

thank you very much for sharing your great work!

I am trying to start with CodeUI but stumble with three questions:

#1: It is not clear what exactly CodeUI can do

You sum it up like this: "Customize your color theme for VS Code."
But: What does it mean?

• Does CodeUI create a copy of a theme and then one can customize that copy?
• Or, what I suspect much more, can we customize a theme ad hoc and the customized values are stored in the (selectable) user or workspace settings? That would be awesome.

Suggestion: Please add one or two more sentences to README.md

It would be great if the README.md: features chapter explains with one or two sentences what CodeUI does.

#2: Can we adjust language syntax colors, too?

If we change the theme, the color in the displayed source code is changed, too.

Is it possible to e.g. change the color of a variable, too:

I was not able to find a Syntax / Variable element in CodeUI.

Thanks a lot, kind regards,
Thomas

[ryanraposo]

thank you very much for sharing your great work!

Thank you for using CodeUI! I appreciate you & your feedback 🥳

It is not clear what exactly CodeUI can do

Thanks for bringing this up, @schittli. This is correct:

we customize a theme ad hoc and the customized values are stored in the (selectable) user or workspace settings

Using the setting codeui.targetingMode, users can also decide whether customizations will be "general" (applied to all themes) or "themeSpecific" (applied to the current theme). By default, customizations are themeSpecific.

Can we adjust language syntax colors, too?

No.

[ryanraposo]

@schittli, would you like to add the documentation you're looking for? If you create a PR, I'll work with you on it and answer any further q's. I'd appreciate it very much! Grateful for your feedback.