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 13:04:36 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200512241904.jBOJ4aQ11579@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200512241630.jBOGU6H09878@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87bqz6h0lw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135451221 4670 80.91.229.2 (24 Dec 2005 19:07:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 19:07:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 24 20:06:58 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 1EqEjF-0004UZ-BB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:06:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EqEkM-0001GQ-Bc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:08:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EqEkB-0001GL-74 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:07:51 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EqEk7-0001G7-Or for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:07:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EqEk7-0001G4-Mf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:07:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EqEjd-0005R3-Lk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:07:17 -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 jBOJ6bGw014138; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:06:37 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id jBOJ4aQ11579; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:04:36 -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: <87bqz6h0lw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (message from Chong Yidong on Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:21:47 -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 13:06:37 -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:48329 Archived-At: Chong Yidong wrote: I don't know how many people are using the Themes code, but it is pretty understandable to me (and I wasn't even the original author). I should clarify that when I wrote: So the only way to find bugs is to read the source code and see what it does. Did anybody ever do that? I tried and concluded that it was just an incoherent bunch of nonsense, that was not worth trying to fix. I was referring to the _original_ Themes code that I tried to read and fix several months ago. But there appear to be many remnants of that code in the present code. There are still several things in the code that look like a complete mystery to me. I gave you one example in custom-save-variables. Sincerely, Luc.