From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frank Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: themes Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:20:31 +0200 Organization: Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi Message-ID: <878w21iycg.fsf@mid.gehheimdienst.de> References: <87eibuskhy.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87lj62jd4k.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87r5funhu3.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1287005864 29099 80.91.229.12 (13 Oct 2010 21:37:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:37:44 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 13 23:37:42 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P6910-00007Y-Q4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:37:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50159 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P6910-0006Fx-3h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:37:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=53951 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P68xA-0003WR-HU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:33:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P68oY-00074y-2J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:24:47 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:44508) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P68oX-00074r-P7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:24:46 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P68oT-0002vg-C9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:24:41 +0200 Original-Received: from zoidberg.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.69.172]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:24:41 +0200 Original-Received: from ich by zoidberg.uni-koblenz.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:24:41 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: zoidberg.uni-koblenz.de X-Face: :EL9TzGRN){7|oE2~xQ8Q(VjpjsXgX$~gi&rYD5J5p)$w\Thdl~v:7h`/n)J!8nXT%_+Wj6}@EHM8}QbA(9nX-wrQ:ch1%DauV[?kFasXUcnL#+"K8zOx&$@/M'/}, q-eztaJra1|?C+p$h\2XnK-HB"8_U 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:131682 Archived-At: Miles Bader writes: > Chong Yidong writes: > >> Ah, yes. This is due to a design decision in the Custom Themes code: it >> deliberately ensures that the user's own customizations override >> anything set by a theme, which in term overrides changes set outside >> Customize. (All settings should be reversible.) >> >> The idea is that you should be able to load a theme, and then change >> individual settings to you disagree with. This seems like a reasonable >> thing to want, though it's true that it could lead to confusion. > > That might be a good policy if everybody started out using themes, chose > a theme they liked, and then made a few tweaks on top of it -- but I > think that may not reflect reality very well... a fair number of people > may be like me, and have a large number of tweaked faces already in > place when they hear about themes. They'll try out themes, notice they > all seem a bit off, and might even abandon the concept... Definitely. I might have custom faces matching a blue background but those will look totally odd on e.g. a white one. -- Have you ever considered how much text can fit in eighty columns? Given that a signature typically contains up to four lines of text, this space allows you to attach a tremendous amount of valuable information to your messages. Seize the opportunity and don't waste your signature on bullshit that nobody cares about.