An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant Emacs theme.
Designed for a fluent and clear workflow based on the Nord color palette.
Build for Emacs's terminal- and GUI mode with _true colors_ and support for many third-party syntax and UI packages.
## Getting Started
Visit the [official website][nord-home] to learn all about the [syntax highlighting][nord-home#syntax] features, details and elements of [UI and editor elements][nord-home#editor-details] and the [various theme configurations][nord-home#configurations].
Learn about the [installation and activation][nord-docs-home-install] and how to [configure][nord-docs-home-config] the theme from the [official documentations][nord-docs-home].
### Quick Start
Thanks to the builtin Emacs package manager, Nord Emacs can be installed for all platforms and the various variants/forks of Emacs in a uniform way with one command from [MELPA][], [MELPA Stable][melpa-stable] and [marmalade-repo][marmelade].
To install or update Nord Emacs
1. press M-x
2. run the `package-install` command
3. type `nord-theme` and confirm with ↲
For more setup methods see the [official installation & activation guide][nord-docs-home-install] as well as Emacs [official package install documentations][emacs-docs-pack_inst] for more details about the builtin package management.
#### Activation
Make sure the [`~/.emacs.d/themes` directory][emacs-docs-custh] has been added to Emacs _load path_ by adding it to the list in your [init file][emacs-docs-initfile] (`.init.el`):
```lisp
(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/themes/"))
```
To activate and use Nord Emacs as your default color theme load it in your init file:
```lisp
(load-theme 'nord t)
```
To switch to the theme on-the-fly
1. press M-x
2. run the `load-theme` command
3. type `nord` and confirm with ↲
## Features
Your editor. Your style.
A unified UI and editor syntax element design provides a clutter-free and fluidly merging appearance.
Small details with unobtrusive styles.
Small details with unobtrusive styles for popular and common code editor features like search result marker and brace matching — designed to get out of your way with a visually attractive appearance.
Beautiful code to keep focused.
Support for a wide range of programming languages — from bundled languages up to many popular syntax third-party packages.
## Contributing
Nord is an open source project and we love to receive contributions from the [community][nord-comm]!
There are many ways to contribute, from [writing- and improving documentation and tutorials][nord-contrib-guide-docs], [reporting bugs][nord-contrib-guide-bugs], [submitting enhancement suggestions][nord-contrib-guide-enhance] that can be added to Nord by [submitting pull requests][nord-contrib-guide-pr].
Please take a moment to read Nord's full [contributing guide][nord-contrib-guide] to learn about the development process, the project's used [styleguides][nord-contrib-guide-styles], [branch organization][nord-contrib-guide-branching] and [versioning][nord-contrib-guide-versioning] model.
The guide also includes information about [minimal, complete, and verifiable examples][nord-contrib-guide-mcve] and other ways to contribute to the project like [improving existing issues][nord-contrib-guide-impr-issues] and [giving feedback on issues and pull requests][nord-contrib-guide-feedback].
