Nur Theme now has Emacs support

Published:  at 10:00 AM

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been dedicating myself to learning touch typing, exploring the world of modal editors like Vim, and diving into GNU development environments like Emacs.

There’s something magical about using these tools that goes beyond mere productivity—something you hear about often but rarely experience firsthand. For me, they represent the last bastion of flow state, which has been completely disrupted by the arrival of AI agents. I’m hoping to rediscover that flow, at least within the boundaries of my personal projects. Maybe I’ll write a post about this someday.

Anyway, since I developed my own syntax theme a while back, I felt it was only right to port it to Emacs, given that I’m using it more and more.

Installation

To install the theme, follow these steps:

  1. Visit the Nur Emacs repository and download the theme files from the themes folder (nur-dark-theme.el and/or nur-light-theme.el)

  2. Copy the downloaded files into a directory of your choice, for example ~/.emacs.d/themes/

  3. In your Emacs init file (e.g., init.el) or in your .emacs file, add the directory to custom-theme-load-path and load the theme:

(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path "~/.emacs.d/themes/")
;; Replace `nur-dark` with `nur-light` to use the light variant
(load-theme 'nur-dark t)

That’s it! Enjoy the carefully sardinia-inspired warm-toned optimized color palette designed specifically for web development, now available in your favorite editor.

Screenshots

Here’s what the theme looks like in action:

Nur Dark Theme Nur Dark Theme in Emacs

Nur Light Theme Nur Light Theme in Emacs