vscode-journal overriding theme syntax highlighting

[GISmd]

Info

• vscode 1.28.2
• vscode-journal 0.9.1
• Windows 10 64bit

Details

I'm experiencing some odd changes in syntax highlighting when vscode-journal is enabled, especially with checkbox lists. Most hyphens (not all) become yellow and and incomplete checkboxe brackets are yellow. This makes them very difficult to see when using a light colored theme.

These changes persist regardless of what theme I am using. Examples below.

Normal syntax highlighting

Syntax highlighting with vscode-journal

[pajoma]

_Most hyphens (not all) become yellow and and incomplete checkboxe brackets are yellow. _
I guess this affects all indented checkbox items, which are not covered by the regular expressions used for syntax highlighting.

This makes them very difficult to see when using a light colored theme.
The syntax highlighting rules are inserted in your user settings. During startup, the extensions checks if the settings are present and adds them if not. If you switch from a dark to a light color mode, you have to update the colors manually. It's a bit complicated, I know, but another solution (using decorators) seems to be too much of an overhead for such a small feature.

How to adapt the settings:
Switch to the user settings and find the section "editor.tokenColorCustomizations". You can either change the colors or remove the following rules for the following scopes:

• text.html.markdown.journal.task.open.bullet
• text.html.markdown.journal.task.open.marker
• text.html.markdown.journal.task.completed.bullet
• text.html.markdown.journal.task.completed.marker