I was able to get this running to change the theme.txt file, also made a few changes to make the edit area darker.
would any of you know which variables control the bottom part of the Ide and also the serial monitor, I'd like to change those.
if you have never used this and would like a dark background and less eye strain, I highly recommend it.
#FUNCTIONS COLOR #D35400 - ORANGE KEYWORD1
#FUNCTIONS COLOR #D35400 - ORANGE KEYWORD2
#STRUCTURE COLORS #5E6D03 - GREEN KEYWORD3
#VARIABLES COLOR #00979C - BLUE LITERAL1
#ERROR COLOR #A61717 - RED
#COMMENTS // COLOR #95A5A6 - LIGHT GREY
#COMMENTS /**/ COLOR #434F54 - DARK GREY
# GUI - STATUS
status.notice.fgcolor = #FFFFFF
status.notice.bgcolor = #404040
status.error.fgcolor = #FFFFFF
status.error.bgcolor = #E34C00
status.edit.fgcolor = #FFFFFF
status.edit.bgcolor = #F1B500
status.font = SansSerif,plain,12
# GUI - TABS
# settings for the tabs at the top
# (tab images are stored in the lib/theme folder)
header.bgcolor = #404040
header.text.selected.color = #323232
header.text.unselected.color = #3C3C3C
header.text.font = SansSerif,plain,12
# GUI - CONSOLE output color was eeeeee now 333333 bill
console.font = Monospaced,plain,11
console.font.macosx = Monaco,plain,10
console.color = #000000
console.output.color = #333333
console.error.color = #E34C00
# GUI - BUTTONS
buttons.bgcolor = #505050
buttons.status.font = SansSerif,plain,12
buttons.status.color = #ffffff
# GUI - LINESTATUS
linestatus.color = #ffffff
linestatus.bgcolor = #404040
# EDITOR - DETAILS
# foreground and background colors bill edited this was d9d9d9 and 202020
editor.fgcolor = #dddddd
editor.bgcolor = #050505
# highlight for the current line
editor.linehighlight.color=#333333
# highlight for the current line
editor.linehighlight=true
# caret blinking and caret color
editor.caret.color = #a0a0a0
# color to be used for background when 'external editor' enabled
editor.external.bgcolor = #202020
# selection color
editor.selection.color = #dd8800
# area that's not in use by the text (replaced with tildes)
editor.invalid.style = #7e7e7e,bold
# little pooties at the end of lines that show where they finish
editor.eolmarkers = false
editor.eolmarkers.color = #999999
# bracket/brace highlighting
editor.brackethighlight = true
editor.brackethighlight.color = #006699
# TEXT - KEYWORDS
# FUNCTIONS
editor.keyword1.style = #d35400,bold
editor.data_type.style = #d35400,bold
# METHODS
editor.keyword2.style = #D35400,plain
editor.function.style = #d35400,plain
# STRUCTURES
editor.keyword3.style = #5E6D03,plain
editor.reserved_word.style = #5E6D03,plain
# TEXT - LITERALS
# constants & datatypes
editor.literal1.style = #006699,plain
# p5 built in variables: e.g. mouseX, width, pixels
editor.literal2.style = #00979C,plain
editor.variable.style = #00979C,plain
editor.reserved_word_2.style = #00979C,plain
editor.literal_boolean.style = #00979C,plain
editor.literal_char.style = #00979C,plain
editor.literal_string_double_quote.style = #00979C,plain
editor.preprocessor.style = #5E6D03,plain
# http://www.arduino.cc/ - GET RID OF UNDERLINE!
editor.url.style = #81A421,plain
# e.g. + - = /
editor.operator.style = #aaaaaa,plain
# ?? maybe this is for words followed by a colon
# like in case statements or goto
editor.label.style = #7e7e7e,bold
# TEXT - COMMENTS
editor.comment1.style = #aaaaaa,plain
editor.comment2.style = #aaaaaa,plain
# LINE STATUS - editor line number status bar at the bottom of the screen
linestatus.font = SansSerif,plain,10
linestatus.height = 20
# GUI - PLOTTING
# color cycle created via colorbrewer2.org
plotting.bgcolor = #ffffff
plotting.color = #ffffff
plotting.graphcolor.size = 4
plotting.graphcolor.00 = #2c7bb6
plotting.graphcolor.01 = #fdae61
plotting.graphcolor.02 = #d7191c
plotting.graphcolor.03 = #abd9e9
