Variables starting with uppercase letter have different color

[CharlieCheckpt]

Hello,

Thank you for this very nice color theme.

In python, variables starting with an uppercase letter have a different color, which I found quite misleading :

I'd like myvar and Myvar to both be white.

I don't know if this is a bug or an intended behaviour, or even if it has to do with sonokai (treesitter maybe ?). Do you know what causes this difference of color, and if there is any way to fix it in sonokai?

Thanks !

[antoineco]

Possibly Tree-sitter, but most likely LSP semantic highlights.

Could you please share the output(s) of :Inspect while hovering both symbols?

[CharlieCheckpt]

Thank you for reply.

my_var: @variable.python links to Fg python Myvar: @variable.python links to Fg python, @type.python links to BlueItalic python

Actually, after disabling the highlight of treesitter, the two variables have the same color. But then in general the theme looks less nice

[antoineco]

In Python uppercase names are often used for classes, so I assume that Tree-sitter treats all uppercase variables as types.

Using a LSP server with semantic highlights should fix that. It works in combination with Tree-sitter but provides more accurate context.

Otherwise, you can override the highlight for Python types in your init.lua file, with the side effect that actual Python types will be highlighted like variables:

-- Apply custom highlights on colorscheme change.
-- Must be declared before executing ':colorscheme'.
local grpid = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('custom_highlights_sonokai', {})
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('ColorScheme', {
  group = grpid,
  pattern = 'sonokai',
  callback = function()
    local config = vim.fn['sonokai#get_configuration']()
    local palette = vim.fn['sonokai#get_palette'](config.style, config.colors_override)
    local set_hl = vim.fn['sonokai#highlight']

    set_hl('@type.python', palette.fg, palette.none)
  end
})

[CharlieCheckpt]

Very clear, thank you !