From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Starnge comment in Custom Theme code. Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 20:13:20 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200512270213.jBR2DKE13577@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200512241630.jBOGU6H09878@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87bqz6h0lw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200512250145.jBP1jQK15586@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135649759 17636 80.91.229.2 (27 Dec 2005 02:15:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 02:15:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 27 03:15:56 2005 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Er4NT-0006wv-Jo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 03:15:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Er4Oh-0007nf-Su for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:17:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Er4OP-0007mE-R1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:16:49 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Er4ON-0007ju-55 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:16:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Er4OM-0007jd-Sx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:16:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Er4OH-0000fG-3f; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:16:41 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.3+Sun/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jBR2FS7u020085; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 20:15:28 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id jBR2DKE13577; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 20:13:20 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-reply-to: (rms@gnu.org) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.1 (manatee.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.104]); Mon, 26 Dec 2005 20:15:28 -0600 (CST) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:48399 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: However, it seems to me that it would be much easier for non-Lisp-programmers to use Custom themes if we provide some way they can choose them permanently without having to write Lisp code by hand. (load-theme 'FOO) is trivial syntax, even for people knowing no Lisp whatsoever. It is not like specifying keybindings or adding functions to hooks which both do involve a non-trivial syntax. In the meantime, we have code that does not do anything useful, that has the potential for inadvertently messing up a user's init file when unrelated changes to other Themes code is made (as recently happened) and that can confuse people who are trying to understand the code. Should we not just comment it out, as my patches do? If at some later point, that code could be rewritten to do something useful (which I doubt), one could easily uncomment it anyway. Sincerely, Luc.