just remove custom ember theme, my light ghostty theme with nvim just inheriting defaults is more readable and feels more vanilla anyway. i wanted something new, that is ghostty using ember theme, and i'm really loving it over an extended time period. it looks great, same colors as onedark/onelight, but muted and readable. awesome. just use ANSI colors from terminal wherever i can.

ghostty/.config/ghostty/themes/ember

@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ palette = 5=#b07878
 palette = 6=#80a090
 palette = 7=#d8d0c0
 
-# Bright colors (same as normal — Ember's muted philosophy)
+# Bright colors (mostly mirror normals — Ember's muted philosophy)
-palette = 8=#4f4e4c
+# EXCEPT slot 8: repurposed as a subtle "panel" bg tint, used by nvim
+# folds and any consumer that wants 'just barely off from bg'.
+palette = 8=#26241f
 palette = 9=#e08060
 palette = 10=#8a9868
 palette = 11=#c8b468

ghostty/.config/ghostty/themes/ember-light

@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ palette = 5=#743838
 palette = 6=#2c5446
 palette = 7=#282418
 
-# Bright colors (same as normal — Ember's muted philosophy)
+# Bright colors (mostly mirror normals — Ember's muted philosophy)
-palette = 8=#282418
+# EXCEPT slot 8: repurposed as a subtle "panel" bg tint, used by nvim
+# folds and any consumer that wants 'just barely off from bg'.
+palette = 8=#dccfb6
 palette = 9=#9a3a1c
 palette = 10=#3e5826
 palette = 11=#5e5018

nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins.lua

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ require('lazy').setup({
     'nvim-neotest/nvim-nio',
     'leoluz/nvim-dap-go',
     'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter',
-    -- 'romus204/tree-sitter-manager.nvim',
     'luukvbaal/nnn.nvim',
     'nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua',
     'lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim',
@@ -48,14 +47,11 @@ require('lazy').setup({
             },
         }
     },
-    -- Visual
-    'ember-theme/nvim',
     -- Utility
     'windwp/nvim-autopairs',
     'nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim',
     'nvim-telescope/telescope-ui-select.nvim',
     'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim',
-    'f-person/auto-dark-mode.nvim',
     -- 'folke/which-key.nvim',
     {
         "nvim-orgmode/orgmode",
@@ -126,9 +122,6 @@ require('nvim-tree').setup({
         },
     },
 })
--- require('gitsigns').setup()
-require('ember').setup({ transparent_floats = true })
-require('auto-dark-mode').setup()
 require('telescope').setup({
     defaults = {
         file_ignore_patterns = {

nvim/.config/nvim/lua/settings.lua

@@ -11,55 +11,32 @@ vim.wo.relativenumber = true
 vim.g.mapleader = ' '
 vim.o.splitright = true
 
--- Tone down ember's coral folders/titles so code stays the visual focus.
--- Directory names (incl. nvim-tree folders) and the active tabline entry
--- both pick up steel blue instead of coral.
-require('ember').setup({
-    on_highlights = function(hl, theme)
-        hl.Directory   = { fg = theme.syn.steel, bold = true }
-        hl.Title       = { fg = theme.ui.fg_alt, bold = true }
-        hl.TabLineSel  = { fg = theme.syn.steel, bg = theme.ui.bg, bold = true }
-    end,
-})
-vim.cmd.colorscheme('ember-auto')
--- vim.o.scrolloff = 999
--- vim.o.clipboard="unnamedplus"
-
-vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
-  pattern = "markdown",
-  command = "setlocal wrap linebreak",
-})
-vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
-  pattern = "org",
-  command = "setlocal shiftwidth=2 tabstop=2 expandtab",
-})
-
 -- Highlighting for orgmode files with highlight.nvim
--- vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("ColorScheme", {
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("ColorScheme", {
---   callback = function()
+  callback = function()
---     local cursorline = vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, { name = "CursorLine" })
+    local cursorline = vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, { name = "CursorLine" })
---     local sep        = vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, { name = "WinSeparator" }).fg
+    local sep        = vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, { name = "WinSeparator" }).fg
---                    or vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, { name = "Comment" }).fg
+                   or vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, { name = "Comment" }).fg
--- 
+
---     vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Headline1", { bg = cursorline.bg, underline = true, sp = sep })
+    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Headline1", { bg = cursorline.bg, underline = true, sp = sep })
---     vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Headline2", { bg = cursorline.bg, underline = true, sp = sep })
+    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Headline2", { bg = cursorline.bg, underline = true, sp = sep })
---     vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Headline3", { bg = cursorline.bg, underline = true, sp = sep })
+    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Headline3", { bg = cursorline.bg, underline = true, sp = sep })
---     vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Headline4", { bg = cursorline.bg, underline = true, sp = sep })
+    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Headline4", { bg = cursorline.bg, underline = true, sp = sep })
---   end,
+  end,
--- })
+})
 
 -- Global colorscheme based on terminal colors
--- vim.cmd("Copilot disable")
+vim.cmd([[
--- vim.cmd([[
+  autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Statement cterm=bold    ctermfg=5
---   autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Statement cterm=bold    ctermfg=5
+  autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Keyword   ctermfg=5
---   autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Keyword   ctermfg=5
+  autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Type      ctermfg=6
---   autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Type      ctermfg=6
+  autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Function  cterm=bold    ctermfg=4
---   autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Function  cterm=bold    ctermfg=4
+  autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Constant  ctermfg=3
---   autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Constant  ctermfg=3
+  autocmd ColorScheme * highlight String    ctermfg=2
---   autocmd ColorScheme * highlight String    ctermfg=2
+  autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Comment   cterm=italic  ctermfg=lightgray
---   autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Comment   cterm=italic  ctermfg=lightgray
+  autocmd ColorScheme * highlight Folded    cterm=italic  ctermfg=lightgray ctermbg=8
--- 
+
---   syntax on
+  syntax on
---   set notermguicolors
+  set notermguicolors
---   colorscheme default
+  colorscheme default
--- ]])
+]])