normalize highlight groups

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/.nvimrc b/.nvimrc
index cfae74c..a48f8f9 100644
--- a/.nvimrc
+++ b/.nvimrc
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 iabbrev todo ·
 iabbrev done ×
 
-" select the task list and hit `gq` to group by status
-" selecting clever status symbols can determine the ordering of tasks
+" select the task list and hit `gq` to sort and group by status
 set formatprg=sort\ -V
 
 " syntax highlighting
@@ -11,22 +10,22 @@ augroup JournalSyntax
     autocmd!
     autocmd BufReadPost * set filetype=journal
 
-    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalAll /.*/              " captures the entire buffer
-    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalDone /^×.*/           " lines containing 'done' items:  ×
-    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalTodo /^·.*/           " lines containing 'todo' items:  ·
-    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalEvent /^o.*/          " lines containing 'event' items: o
-    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalNote /^- .*/          " lines containing 'note' items:  -
-    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalMoved /^>.*/          " lines containing 'moved' items: >
-    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalHeader /\<\u\+\>/     " words containing capitals
-
-    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight link JournalAll    Noise
-    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight link JournalHeader Noise
-    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight link JournalDone   Noise
-    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight link JournalMoved  Noise
-    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight      JournalEvent  ctermfg=6              " cyan
-    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight      JournalMoved  ctermfg=5              " pink
-    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight      JournalNote   ctermfg=3              " yellow
-    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight      VertSplit     ctermfg=0 ctermbg=0    " hide vert splits
+    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalAll /.*/                 " captures the entire buffer
+    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalDone /^×.*/              " lines containing 'done' items:  ×
+    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalTodo /^·.*/              " lines containing 'todo' items:  ·
+    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalEvent /^o.*/             " lines containing 'event' items: o
+    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalNote /^- .*/             " lines containing 'note' items:  -
+    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalMoved /^>.*/             " lines containing 'moved' items: >
+    autocmd BufReadPost * syntax match JournalHeader /^\<\u\+\>.*/     " lines starting with caps
+
+    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight JournalAll    ctermfg=12
+    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight JournalHeader ctermfg=12
+    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight JournalDone   ctermfg=12
+    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight JournalMoved  ctermfg=12
+    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight JournalEvent  ctermfg=6               " cyan
+    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight JournalMoved  ctermfg=5               " pink
+    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight JournalNote   ctermfg=3               " yellow
+    autocmd BufReadPost * highlight VertSplit     ctermfg=0  ctermbg=0    " hide vert splits
 augroup END
 
 augroup JournalHideUIElements
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 71c6301..6455bbf 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     {
 
       packages.x86_64-linux.default =
-        # starts nvim with 2 months of journal entries ahead and behing
+        # starts nvim with 2 months of journal entries ahead and behind
         # nvim --cmd 'source .nvimrc' -O 2023/10 2023/11 2023/12 2024/01
         pkgs.writeScriptBin "journal" ''
           nvim --cmd 'source .nvimrc' -O $(