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: `changed' theme. Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 23:58:18 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <200605140458.k4E4wIgf007683@jane.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200605140246.k4E2ki2d007475@jane.dms.auburn.edu> <878xp5w9bs.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1147582871 20048 80.91.229.2 (14 May 2006 05:01:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 05:01:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 14 07:01:09 2006 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 1Ff8j6-0006Bm-Hc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 May 2006 07:01:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ff8j4-0000No-NG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 May 2006 01:01:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ff8hY-0008Ly-In for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 May 2006 00:59:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ff8hU-0008GI-Mn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 May 2006 00:59:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ff8hS-0008EF-01 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 May 2006 00:59:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Ff8jX-0002Is-LU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 May 2006 01:01:36 -0400 Original-Received: from jane.dms.auburn.edu (jane.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.201]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4E4xNf7006741; Sat, 13 May 2006 23:59:23 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from jane.dms.auburn.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jane.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.4+Sun/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4E4wILi007686; Sat, 13 May 2006 23:58:18 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by jane.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.4+Sun/8.13.3/Submit) id k4E4wIgf007683; Sat, 13 May 2006 23:58:18 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: jane.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: cyd@stupidchicken.com In-reply-to: <878xp5w9bs.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (message from Chong Yidong on Sat, 13 May 2006 23:53:43 -0400) 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:54431 Archived-At: Chong Yidong wrote: Loading a custom-file overrides options set by the user outside customize; loading a custom theme file does the same thing. Again, do you use Custom at all? The user's custom-file contains customizations made _by the user_. It is loaded at startup. If it overrides options set by the user in his .emacs, the user's .emacs has a bug, because he made conflicting customizations. Only the user knows what he really wants and it is up to the user to resolve the conflict. No reason for Emacs to worry about anything. A custom theme file is often not written by the user and contains suggested customizations which should _not_ override customizations made explicitly by the user, whether through Custom (which it _already_ does not override right now) or outside Custom. It should also not override values that are essential for certain Emacs features to function correctly. But I am repeating things I already wrote in my previous message and to which you did not respond at all. Sincerely, Luc.