From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Custom themes Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 07:36:35 +0200 Message-ID: <85slz0mmn0.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <200506250127.j5P1RWJ11778@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <871x6nytam.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200506281441.j5SEfba23972@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120116529 4717 80.91.229.2 (30 Jun 2005 07:28:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 07:28:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Luc Teirlinck , monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 30 09:28:48 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DntSh-0006jg-OQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:27:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dntau-0000kD-Bs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:36:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DntVv-0005fM-KO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:31:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DntVr-0005dZ-Gk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:31:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DntVp-0005b9-US for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:31:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DntZd-0002hE-Qd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:35:01 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DntSu-0003UQ-9c; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:28:04 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id E11BC1C12F8E; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 07:36:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:58:44 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:39939 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:39939 "Richard M. Stallman" writes: > If I had to implement themes from scratch, my philosophy would be that > if two loaded themes conflict, then the most recently added one takes > precedence. > > That sounds like a good approach. I see a few approaches that > could make sense: > > 1. Most recent takes priority. > 2. Let user specify the priority order. > 3. Don't allow loading themes that conflict. 3 is out as far as I can see. The whole point of themes is that they are overriding the "standard" theme, so conflict management is one of the main points of themes. > This requires unconditional loading as the > basic theme adding operation. > > I do not understand "unconditional loading". Could you explain what > you mean by that? I guess that a theme, when required, will get reloaded even if it has been loaded previously. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum