Merge 7e339d67d9 into 5eddf5b85d

data/micro.json

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
             "type": "boolean",
             "default": false
         },
+        "background": {
+            "description": "Whether to display the theme's background color\nhttps://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/master/runtime/help/options.md#options",
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": false
+        },
         "backup": {
             "description": "Whether to backup all open buffers\nhttps://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/master/runtime/help/options.md#options",
             "type": "boolean",

internal/action/command.go

@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ func doSetGlobalOptionNative(option string, nativeValue interface{}) error {
 	config.ModifiedSettings[option] = true
 	delete(config.VolatileSettings, option)
 
-	if option == "colorscheme" {
+	if option == "colorscheme" || option == "background" {
 		// LoadSyntaxFiles()
 		config.InitColorscheme()
 		for _, b := range buffer.OpenBuffers {

internal/config/colorscheme.go

@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ lineLoop:
 			colors := string(matches[2])
 
 			style := StringToStyle(colors)
+
+			if !GlobalSettings["background"].(bool) && link != "statusline" {
+				style = style.Background(tcell.ColorDefault)
+			}
+
 			c[link] = style
 
 			if link == "default" {

internal/config/settings.go

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ var OptionChoices = map[string][]string{
 var defaultCommonSettings = map[string]interface{}{
 	"autoindent":      true,
 	"autosu":          false,
+	"background":      true,
 	"backup":          true,
 	"backupdir":       "",
 	"basename":        false,

runtime/help/options.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Here are the available options:
 
     default value: `0`
 
-* `autosu`: When a file is saved that the user doesn't have permission to
+* `autosu`: when a file is saved that the user doesn't have permission to
    modify, micro will ask if the user would like to use super user
    privileges to save the file. If this option is enabled, micro will
    automatically attempt to use super user privileges to save without
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ Here are the available options:
 
     default value: `false`
 
+* `background`: whether to display the current theme's background color.
+   If this option is disabled, the background color of the current theme
+   will not be used and instead the terminal's default color will be shown.
+
+    default value: `true`
+
 * `backup`: micro will automatically keep backups of all open buffers. Backups
    are stored in `~/.config/micro/backups` and are removed when the buffer is
    closed cleanly. In the case of a system crash or a micro crash, the contents
@@ -531,6 +537,7 @@ so that you can see what the formatting should look like.
     "autoindent": true,
     "autosave": 0,
     "autosu": false,
+    "background": true,
     "backup": true,
     "backupdir": "",
     "basename": false,