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: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:39:01 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200512241839.jBOId1611336@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200512241630.jBOGU6H09878@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87bqz6h0lw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200512241802.jBOI2qd11015@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87ek428hrt.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135449687 1190 80.91.229.2 (24 Dec 2005 18:41:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 18:41:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 24 19:41:26 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 1EqEKb-0006ZD-4I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 19:41:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EqELh-0000JM-Vo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:42:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EqELQ-0000IH-Ru for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:42:17 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EqELN-0000Hi-4n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:42:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EqELM-0000He-UM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:42:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EqEKs-00019l-Lj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:41:42 -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 jBOIf23P014079; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:41:02 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id jBOId1611336; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:39:01 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: cyd@stupidchicken.com In-reply-to: <87ek428hrt.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (message from Chong Yidong on Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:35:50 -0500) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.1 (manatee.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.104]); Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:41:02 -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:48325 Archived-At: Chong Yidong wrote: You can also argue that loading a Custom Theme should overrides setq's since Customize also overrides them. That is different. The user explicitly sets individual variables through Custom. We decided that Theme values were alternative "standard" values, that the user should be able to override. `setq', minor modes and so on override the regular standard values, so they should also override the alternative "standard" values set by themes. That is the only way to be consistent. Sincerely, Luc.