Re: custom-theme-load-path and package system

[Francesco Groccia <frgroccia@gmail.com>]

Alex Kost [2013-09-03 18:56:41+0400]:

> Francesco Groccia (2013-09-02 20:02 +0400) wrote:
> 
> >> What is the value of your custom-theme-load-path?
> >
> > The value of my custom-theme-load-path is the following:
> > '(custom-theme-load-path (quote
> > ("/home/fgr/.emacs.d/elpa/zenburn-theme-20130831.739/"
> > "~/.emacs.d/themes/" custom-theme-directory t)))
> 
> I suppose it's not the value, but a part of the customization
> section of your .emacs.

Yes.

> Check the value with "C-h v custom-theme-load-path RET".

The value is the same as I've already posted. That is:
"
custom-theme-load-path is a variable defined in `custom.el'.
Its value is
("/home/fgr/.emacs.d/elpa/zenburn-theme-20130831.739/" "~/.emacs.d/themes/" custom-theme-directory t)

Original value was 
(custom-theme-directory t)
[...]
"

> What the value will be if you will not customize this variable at
> all?
> 
> >> How do you modify it?
> >
> > I modify it by ``M-x customize-themes''.
> 
> Do you mean "M-x customize-variable"? ...Hm, wait a minute, i think
> i guessed what happens to you. You customize zenburn theme (with
> "customize-themes") as well, and in your customization section you
> have something like this:
> 
> (custom-set-variables
> ...
>  '(custom-enabled-themes (quote (zenburn)))
> ...
>  '(custom-theme-load-path (quote
>  ("/home/fgr/.emacs.d/elpa/zenburn-theme-20130831.739/"
>  "~/.emacs.d/themes/" custom-theme-directory t)))
> ...
> )

That's right!

> The problem is that emacs package system is loaded after the init
> file, so emacs tries to load zenburn theme before the zenburn
> package will add the proper path to `custom-theme-load-path';
> that's why you have to specify this path by hand. To solve it add
> these 2 lines in your .emacs before customization section (before
> "(custom-set-variables ...)"):
> 
> (setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
> (package-initialize)
> 
> P.S.  If you just want Emacs to look at "~/.emacs.d/themes/" for
> additional themes, it would be better to modify
> `custom-theme-directory' instead of `custom-theme-load-path' (by
> customizing it or adding (setq custom-theme-directory
> "~/.emacs.d/themes/") into your .emacs).

Thank you for making yourself available.