> How about disable-theme before loading a new one. thanks but it doesn't make much difference. I was guessing that old Emacs23 settings including themes are loaded somewhere. But no, the new setting does not include any theme at all. soichi 2012/11/8 Shimon Cohen > How about disable-theme before loading a new one. > > > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 2:19 AM, ishi soichi wrote: > >> Emacs Version 24.2 (9.0) >> MacOSX SnowLeopard 10.6.8 >> >> From my understanding, Emacs24 has the build-in theme functionality. >> but after Emacs is booted up, I cannot change the theme as I want it to. >> >> For the initial setup, I put >> >> (load-theme 'tango-dark t) >> >> then the first screenshot shows the Emacs window. >> After that, I implement M-x load-theme dark-blue >> the second screenshot is what the result looks like. The result appears >> slightly different but not entirely. >> >> It seems like "the first loaded theme cannot be overridden". >> >> Can anyone guess what the problem is? >> >> soichi >> >> >