bug#8222: 24.0.50; problem with themeing var with repeat string

[joakim@verona.se]

Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> writes:

> joakim@verona.se writes:
>
>> custom-theme-visit-theme doesnt provide a repeater while the usual
>> customize interface does.
>>
>> what I want to do is enable one base theme like wheatgrass or whatever.
>> On top of that I would like to add one zen theme, out of a set of three
>> zen themes.
>>
>> When I try the code I get all sorts of confusing behaviour. I iont get
>> the base theme I expect. The tool-bar doesnt come back when I disable a
>> zen theme. etc.
>>
>> I will update the repo for zen and then you can maybe try it?
>
> Could you try to come up a simple, minimal test case instead?  I am
> still not clear on what the problem is.

A clarification: I seem to have conflated two "bugs" in this report.
- representation of string repeaters in theme editor
- programmatically enabling a theme when there is another custom enabled
theme already.

Ill open a new bug for the second case which is also more important.

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Joakim Verona