Re: bug#1246: Bug : 23.0.60; "customize emacs" overwrites "custom-set-variables" in .emacs

["Bernhard Koenig" <b.a.koenig@googlemail.com>]

Hi,

I currently have Emacs 23.0.60 and downloaded it Oct 12 from the
Ubuntu repositories. I will paste my .emacs, at one point the
custom-set-variables were overwritten and the tex-output-view-style
settings were completely deleted. I can try to reproduce the bug later
tonight.

Best,
Bernhard


;; no message at startup
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)

;; format the title-bar to always include the buffer name
(setq frame-title-format "emacs - %b")
(setq icon-title-format "emacs - %b")

;; format modeline bar
(display-battery-mode t)
;(size-indication-mode t)

;; minibuffer does not expand
(setq resize-mini-windows nil)

;; scrollbar to the right
(set-scroll-bar-mode 'right)

;; text mode and auto-fill
(setq default-major-mode 'text-mode)
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'text-mode-hook-identify)
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)

;; Latex settings
(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'LaTeX-install-toolbar)
(setq TeX-auto-save t)
(setq TeX-parse-self t)
(setq-default TeX-master nil)
(setq-default TeX-header-end nil)
(add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook '(lambda () (TeX-fold-mode 1)))
(autoload 'turn-on-reftex "reftex" "RefTeX Minor Mode" nil)
(autoload 'reftex-citation "reftex-cite" "Make citation" nil)
(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'turn-on-reftex) ; with AUCTeX LaTeX mode
(add-hook 'latex-mode-hook 'turn-on-reftex) ; with Emacs LaTex mode
(setq reftex-plug-into-AUCTeX t
      reftex-enable-partial-scans t)

;; mouse pointer hides from cursor
(mouse-avoidance-mode 'animate)

;;cursor does not blink
(blink-cursor-mode nil)

;; no super-fast mouse scrolling
(mouse-wheel-mode t)
(setq mouse-wheel-progressive-speed nil)

;; show trailing whitespaces and remove on save
(setq-default show-trailing-whitespace t)
(add-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace)

;; show matching parentheses
(show-paren-mode 1)

;; change default shell to zsh
(setq shell-file-name "/bin/zsh")

;; recent files
(require 'recentf)
(recentf-mode 1)
(setq recentf-max-menu-items 50)
(recentf-open-files nil "*Recent Files*") ; startup with recent files
(global-set-key "\C-x\ \C-r" 'recentf-open-files) ; C-x C-r keybinding

;; auto time stamps patch
(add-hook 'html-mode-hook '(lambda ()
	     ;; keymap additions
	     (define-key html-mode-map "\C-ct"
	       'html-helper-insert-timestamp-delimiter-at-point)
	     ;; additional mode vars
	     (defvar html-helper-timestamp-start
	       "<!-- hhmts start -->\n"
	       "*Start delimiter for timestamps.")
	     (defvar html-helper-timestamp-end
	       "<!-- hhmts end -->"
	       "*End delimiter for timestamps.")
	     ;; additional mode functions
	     (defun html-helper-insert-timestamp ()
	       "Timestamp insertion function"
	       (insert "Last modified: "
		       (format-time-string
			"%e %B %Y at %H:%M GMT."
			(current-time)
			t)
		       "\n"))
	     (defun html-helper-update-timestamp ()
	       (save-excursion
		 (goto-char (point-max))
		 (if (not (search-backward
		 html-helper-timestamp-start nil t))
		     (message "timestamp delimiter start was not
		     found. Type C-c t to insert one.")
		   (let ((ts-start (+ (point) (length
		   html-helper-timestamp-start)))
			 (ts-end (if (search-forward
			 html-helper-timestamp-end nil t)
				     (- (point) (length
				   html-helper-timestamp-end))
				   nil)))
		     (if (not ts-end)
			 (message "timestamp delimiter end was
			 not found. Type C-c t to insert one.")
		       (delete-region ts-start ts-end)
		       (goto-char ts-start)
		       (html-helper-insert-timestamp))))) nil)
	     ;; timestamp will update on file write
	     (add-hook 'local-write-file-hooks
	     'html-helper-update-timestamp)))

(custom-set-variables
 '(load-home-init-file t t)
 '(TeX-output-view-style (quote (
  ("^dvi$" "." "xdvi -s 6 %d")
  ("^pdf$" "." "evince %o")
  ("^html$" "." "firefox %o")))))
(custom-set-faces)


;(defun toolbar-open-file ()
;  (interactive)
;  (recentf-open-file)
;)

;; the following requires cursor-chg.el
;(require 'cursor-chg)
;(change-cursor-mode 1) ; enable read-only/input mode
;(toggle-cursor-type-when-idle 1) ; enable idle mode
; changed "Red" to "cursor-color" and 'bar to 'hbar in cursor-chg.el
;
;(setq curchg-default-cursor-color 'cursor-color) ; default color
;(setq curchg-default-cursor-type 'hbar) ; default type
;(setq curchg-idle-cursor-type 'box) ; idle type
;(setq curchg-input-method-cursor-color 'yellow) ; input mode color
;(setq curchg-overwrite/read-only-cursor-type 'hollow) ; read-only type

;; comments in italics
(make-face-italic 'font-lock-comment-face)
(make-face-italic 'font-lock-comment-delimiter-face)

;; my own color themes

; blue theme
(defun theme-blue ()
  "Switch to blue theme."
  (interactive)
  (set-cursor-color "gold")
  (set-face-background 'modeline "khaki")
  (set-face-foreground 'modeline "black")
  (set-background-color "navy")
  (set-foreground-color "white")
  (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-comment-face "chocolate1")
  (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-string-face "light salmon")
  (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-keyword-face "cyan1")
  (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-builtin-face "lightsteelblue")
)

; red theme
(defun theme-red ()
  "Switch to red theme."
  (interactive)
  (set-background-color "darkred")
  (set-foreground-color "white")
  (set-cursor-color "lawngreen")
  (set-face-background 'modeline "orange1")
  (set-face-foreground 'modeline "black")
  (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-comment-face "gold")
  (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-string-face "palegreen2")
  (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-keyword-face "cyan1")
  (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-builtin-face "lightsteelblue")
)

; snow theme
(defun theme-snow ()
  "Switch to snow theme."
  (interactive)
  (set-background-color "snow2")
  (set-foreground-color "gray0")
  (set-cursor-color "orange red")
  (set-face-background 'modeline "midnight blue")
  (set-face-foreground 'modeline "white")
  (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-comment-face "green3")
  (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-string-face "blue2")
  (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-keyword-face "magenta3")
   (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-builtin-face "deep pink")
)

;; pick theme after fully parsing .emacs
(theme-red)


On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Lennart Borgman
<lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 2:30 AM, Bernhard Koenig
> <b.a.koenig@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> I used the "customize emacs" options and made permanent changes
>> (regarding fonts if I remember correctly). Emacs
>> changed the .emacs file on disk and modified the
>> "custom-set-variables". The problem was that all the old
>> custom-set-variables (like tex-output-view-style and stuff) were
>> completely overwritten.
>>
>> Don't know if this is intended but it's quite annoying.
>
> When you choose to make the changes permanent it should write that to
> custom-file (which by default is your .emacs). It should however
> include all the old values. If it did not then something is wrong.
>
> Can you show us your .emacs? Was there perhaps several
> custom-set-variables entry in it?
>
> Also the normal information in the bug report is missing (date you did
> a check out from the CVS repositories beeing the most important). Can
> you tell us that?
>