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Re: Custom themes and precedence
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Dave Abrahams |
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Re: Custom themes and precedence |
Date: |
Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:27:52 -0400 |
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on Sat Oct 01 2011, Chong Yidong <cyd-AT-stupidchicken.com> wrote:
> Dave Abrahams <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I customized default-frame-alist in the theme for machine X... which
>> worked fine until I customized default-frame-alist "non-themedly"
>> somewhere else. That caused the new setting to go into the "user" theme
>> *which takes precedence over all others*. That last bit isn't working
>> out so well for my use-case. Should this usage be accomodated, is it
>> outside the intended applications of themes, or...?
>
> Non-theme customization settings are intended to take precedence over
> theme settings. The idea is that if you load a theme that's not written
> by you, it is easy to use Customize to override some of its settings.
I guess the question is, what about themes that *are* written by me,
that I may want to switch on or off programmatically?
> I think I understand the problem you have, but I don't have any easy
> solution.
I know there's no easy solution within the code as-is. I guess I'm
asking whether my desire for adjustable theme precedence ought to be
accomodated.
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Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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