Programmatically switch colorschemes of the terminal and gvim for brighter days. ☼

.bash_profile

#.bash_profile
export GVIMCOLOR=slate
alias bright="osascript ~/scripts/brighten_up.scpt \"Man Page\" &>/dev/null; export GVIMCOLOR=morning"
alias dark="osascript ~/scripts/brighten_up.scpt \"Slate\" &>/dev/null; export GVIMCOLOR=slate"
alias light="osascript ~/scripts/brighten_up.scpt \"Basic\" &>/dev/null; export GVIMCOLOR=morning"

.gvimrc

#.gvimrc
colorscheme=$GVIMCOLOR

README.md

This macosx osascript script will toggle all terminal windows bright/dark.

Installation

# download this zip
# extract into ~/scripts/
rebash # reload shell
bright/dark/light # toggle color modes

brighten_up.scpt

# Set colorschemes of term and gvim
on run argv
    tell application "Terminal"
        repeat with w from 1 to count windows
            repeat with t from 1 to count tabs of window w
                set current settings of tab t of window w to (first settings set whose name is item 1 of argv)
            end repeat
        end repeat
    end tell
end run