Simplify per-terminal theme code; note ansi_colors needs restart

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ colours:
   focused terminal immediately and sets this; other already-open terminals keep
   whatever theme they had.
 - `ansi_colors` — override individual base colours, e.g. `{"red": "#ff0000"}`,
-  applied on top of the theme.
+  applied on top of the theme. Takes effect after a Sublime restart.
 
 A light theme is reported to the running agent (OSC 11, DSR 996), so `pi` and
 `claude` switch to their light UI to match. An app subscribed to mode 2031 is also

main.py

@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ def plugin_loaded():
     plugin host: a restored tab's color_scheme is read during startup and may
     name any of them.
     """
-    view = sublime.active_window().active_view() if sublime.active_window() else None
+    window = sublime.active_window()
+    view = window.active_view() if window else None
     build_startup_schemes(view)
 
     level = logging.DEBUG if settings().get("debug", False) else logging.INFO

tests/test_imports.py

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ for entry in load_sublime_json("vterm.sublime-commands") + keymap:
 
 # every pending_* name mentioned in the modules must be a real Terminal
 # attribute, so a renamed flag cannot leave a writer pointing at nothing
-flags = {f for f in vars(Terminal(None)) if f.startswith("pending_")}
+flags = {f for f in vars(Terminal(None, None)) if f.startswith("pending_")}
 assert flags == {"pending_clear", "pending_clear_screen", "pending_render"}, flags
 for module in (commands, render, terminal_module):
     with open(module.__file__, encoding="utf-8") as f:
@@ -118,12 +118,10 @@ assert configured is None or configured in THEMES, configured
 # any of them
 # import main.py the way sublime does - as a module of the package directory -
 # so its relative imports and plugin_loaded body are actually executed
-import sublime
+from vterm.scheme import SchemeManager
-from vterm.scheme import SCHEME_DIR_NAME, SchemeManager
 from vterm.themes import ALL_THEME_NAMES
 
-scheme_dir = os.path.join(sublime.packages_path(), *SCHEME_DIR_NAME.split("/"))
+scheme_files = [SchemeManager(name).file_path() for name in ALL_THEME_NAMES]
-scheme_files = [os.path.join(scheme_dir, SchemeManager(name).file_name) for name in ALL_THEME_NAMES]
 for scheme_file in scheme_files:
     if os.path.exists(scheme_file):
         os.remove(scheme_file)

vterm/commands.py

@@ -233,8 +233,7 @@ class VtermSelectThemeCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
 
     def run(self):
         """Show the palette picker, starting on the focused terminal's own theme."""
-        view = self.window.active_view()
+        self.terminal = self._focused_terminal()
-        self.terminal = Terminal.from_id(view.id()) if view else None
         if not self.terminal:
             return
         self.original = self.terminal.scheme.theme_name
@@ -250,8 +249,12 @@ class VtermSelectThemeCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
 
     def is_enabled(self):
         """Greys the palette entry out when the focused view is not a terminal."""
+        return self._focused_terminal() is not None
+
+    def _focused_terminal(self):
+        """The terminal in the focused view, if any."""
         view = self.window.active_view()
-        return view is not None and Terminal.from_id(view.id()) is not None
+        return Terminal.from_id(view.id()) if view else None
 
     def _apply(self, name):
         """Retheme the focused terminal alone."""

vterm/render.py

@@ -318,11 +318,12 @@ class VtermRenderCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
 
         by_scope = {}
         needed = 0
+        scope_of = self._scheme.scope
         for _, start, end, fg, bg, style in segments:
             if is_default_run(fg, bg, style):
                 continue
             needed = max(needed, end)
-            by_scope.setdefault(self._scheme.scope(fg, bg, style), []).append((start, end))
+            by_scope.setdefault(scope_of(fg, bg, style), []).append((start, end))
 
         text = "".join(s[0] for s in segments)
         if lf:
@@ -382,6 +383,7 @@ class VtermRenderCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
 
         grouped = {}
         stale = []
+        scope_of = self._scheme.scope
         for row in rows:
             keys = self.colored_lines.pop(row, None)
             if not keys:
@@ -393,7 +395,7 @@ class VtermRenderCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
             for _, a, b, fg, bg, style in segments:
                 if is_default_run(fg, bg, style):
                     continue
-                scope = self._scheme.scope(fg, bg, style)
+                scope = scope_of(fg, bg, style)
                 grouped.setdefault(scope, []).append(sublime.Region(start + a, start + b))
 
         scopes = self._archived_chunks.setdefault(chunk, set())

vterm/scheme.py

@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ class SchemeManager:
             rule["font_style"] = " ".join(font_style)
         self.rules[(fg, bg, style)] = rule
 
+    def file_path(self):
+        """Filesystem path of the generated scheme file."""
+        return os.path.join(self._directory(), self.file_name)
+
     def _directory(self):
         """Path of the generated scheme's directory, created on first use."""
         if self._dir is None:
@@ -211,8 +215,7 @@ class SchemeManager:
             },
             "rules": list(self.rules.values()),
         }
-        path = os.path.join(self._directory(), self.file_name)
+        with open(self.file_path(), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             # compact: sublime reparses the whole file on every write
             json.dump(scheme, f, separators=(",", ":"))
         LOG.debug("scheme written: rules=%s", len(self.rules))
@@ -227,8 +230,8 @@ def get_scheme_manager(theme_name, host_view=None):
     """The manager for a theme name (None for "follow the Sublime colour scheme"),
     building and caching it on first use.
 
-    The None entry is rebuilt on every call instead: it is a live sample of the
+    The None entry is rebuilt whenever the editor's colours have changed since: it
-    editor's current colours, not a static palette, so every caller handing a
+    is a live sample of them, not a static palette, so every caller handing a
     terminal a "no theme" scheme gets one that is actually current.
     """
     manager = _managers.get(theme_name)
@@ -236,8 +239,10 @@ def get_scheme_manager(theme_name, host_view=None):
         manager = SchemeManager(theme_name)
         _managers[theme_name] = manager
         manager.build(host_view)
-    elif theme_name is None:
+    elif theme_name is None and host_view is not None and host_view.is_valid():
-        manager.build(host_view)
+        style = host_view.style()
+        if (style.get("foreground"), style.get("background")) != (manager.foreground, manager.background):
+            manager.build(host_view)
     return manager
 
 
@@ -254,6 +259,5 @@ def build_startup_schemes(host_view=None):
         if name is None:
             get_scheme_manager(None, host_view=host_view)
             continue
-        manager = SchemeManager(name)
+        if not os.path.exists(SchemeManager(name).file_path()):
-        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(manager._directory(), manager.file_name)):
             get_scheme_manager(name)

vterm/terminal.py

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class Terminal:
 
     _terminals = {}
 
-    def __init__(self, view, scheme=None):
+    def __init__(self, view, scheme):
         """State only; the pty and the threads come up in start()."""
         self.view = view
         self.scheme = scheme
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ class Terminal:
 
     def retheme(self, scheme):
         """Switch to a different scheme: vterm: Select Theme, scoped to this terminal."""
+        if scheme is self.scheme:
+            return
         self.scheme = scheme
         self.view.settings().set("color_scheme", scheme.path)
         self.apply_scheme()