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I was reading http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/01/27/asp-net-mvc-1-0-release-candidate-now-available.aspx and noticed a Fantastic color scheme used to illustrate their code in Visual Studio.

The white background is starting to hurt my eyes after long periods, but the black I find is also to abrasive.

Does anyone have a exported version of that color scheme, or in leiu, care to share their color schemes thwy find for a developer whic spends about 15 hours a day in Visual Studio?

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I'm not sure which color scheme is the best - it pretty much depends on your individual preference. But take a look at the pages below for some schemes

Filip
I did "Is your IDE Hot or Not?" years ago and it is still one of the top referrers to my blog....
MattK
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Your eyes will thank you for this. This is how to get what you're looking for. It's modelling VS after textmate, utilizing a template.

GregD
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Does anyone know where i can get "Ruby Blue" from this page http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VisualStudioProgrammerThemesGallery.aspx the link is dead.

Ash
I was just looking for it myself and luckily I just found it at http://gist.github.com/236449 it is hosted there by Dylan Thomas from http://dylandoesdigits.blogspot.com/2009/11/visual-studio-theme-ruby-blue-knockoff.html
David Negron
Thanks for sharing this, Dave. I should add that the font that seems to work best for these darker colors--for me at least--is Monaco (http://www.webdevkungfu.com/textmate-envy-aka-monaco-font-for-windows/).
Dylan
The folks over at Elegant code also have a version of the "Ruby Blue" theme that they blogged about at http://elegantcode.com/2009/11/22/visual-studio-color-scheme/
David Negron
I'm also maintaining my own version, based on the emacs theme: http://bitbucket.org/jasulak/ruby-blue-visual-studio-theme/wiki/Home
James Sulak
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Zenburn

Oh and the VS2005 port by Jeff Atwood Zenburn VS2005

Tanj
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Consolas font works pretty good for me. It was designed for developers. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=22e69ae4-7e40-4807-8a86-b3d36fab68d3&displaylang=en

Timur Fanshteyn