Set color of quotes in Visual Studio Code customized theme

Question

I'm using vscode a customized theme of my own, which I based on another theme. Currently text like this is displayed in white:

""" some Python comment """

I would like to change the color but cannot find the right attribute to change. I tried adding this in the *.tmTheme file but it doesn't change anything:

<dict>
    <key>name</key>
    <string>Quotes</string>
    <key>scope</key>
    <string>markup.quote</string>
    <key>settings</key>
    <dict>
        <key>foreground</key>
        <string>#F77669</string>
    </dict>
</dict>

Could you please help? Thank you very much in advance!

Answer 1

The correct tmLanguage scope name is string.quoted.docstring.multi.python.

It's easy to find by using the Developer: Inspect TM scopes command:

I wrote about tmLanguage scope names in a bit more detail in another answer here.

The following works in a .tmTheme for me (compared to your example, I only changed the <string> after the scope key):

<dict>
    <key>name</key>
    <string>Quotes</string>
    <key>scope</key>
    <string>string.quoted.docstring.multi.python</string>
    <key>settings</key>
    <dict>
        <key>foreground</key>
        <string>#F77669</string>
    </dict>
</dict>