Configuring emacs in F18

[Lain Cortés González]

Hey, hi, I was trying to customize the theme color of emacs itself and I
don't know why it doesn't work, I really mean it I don't have any idea of
what is wrong

My .emacs looked like in first place

;; .emacs
> (custom-set-variables
>  ;; uncomment to always end a file with a newline
>  '(require-final-newline t)
>  ;; uncomment to disable loading of "default.el" at startup
>  '(inhibit-default-init t)
>  ;; default to unified diffs
>  '(diff-switches "-u"))
>
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/")
>
> ;;; uncomment for CJK utf-8 support for non-Asian users
> ;; (require 'un-define)

then I add this to it to add a little of _good_ taste:
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/")
> (defun color-theme-nice ()
>   (interactive)
>   (color-theme-install
>    '(color-theme-nice
>       ((background-color . "#101e2e")
>       (background-mode . light)
>       (border-color . "#1a1a1a")
>       (cursor-color . "#fce94f")
>       (foreground-color . "#eeeeec")
>       (mouse-color . "black"))
>      (fringe ((t (:background "#1a1a1a"))))
>      (mode-line ((t (:foreground "#eeeeec" :background "#555753"))))
>      (region ((t (:background "#0d4519"))))
>      (font-lock-builtin-face ((t (:foreground "#729fcf"))))
>      (font-lock-comment-face ((t (:foreground "#888a85"))))
>      (font-lock-function-name-face ((t (:foreground "#edd400"))))
>      (font-lock-keyword-face ((t (:foreground "#729fcf"))))
>      (font-lock-string-face ((t (:foreground "#ad7fa8"))))
>      (font-lock-type-face ((t (:foreground"#8ae234"))))
>      (font-lock-constant-face ((t (:foreground "#eeeeec"))))
>      (font-lock-variable-name-face ((t (:foreground "#eeeeec"))))
>      (minibuffer-prompt ((t (:foreground "#729fcf" :bold t))))
>      (font-lock-warning-face ((t (:foreground "red" :bold t))))
>      )))
> (provide 'color-theme-nice)
>
> (require 'color-theme)
> (color-theme-initialize)
> (color-theme-nice)

But when I open emacs nothing happens the default theme is loaded with its
boring color scheme, I don't know whatever is its *real* init file. Some
help will be absolutely welcomed

-Isaac

[Lain Cortés González]

Oh by the way the output of emacs when it opens:

Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/agda-mode-init.el
> (source)...
> Loading agda2...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/agda-mode-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/anthy-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/asy-init.el (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/auctex.el (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/auto-complete-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/bbdb-mode-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/bigloo.el (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/cdargs-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/ddskk-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/desktop-entry-mode-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/dinotrace-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/ebib-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/ecb.el (source)...
> ECB 2.40 uses CEDET 1.0 (contains semantic 2.0, eieio 1.3, speedbar
> <unknown version>).
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/ecb.el (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/emacs-color-theme-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/emacs-goodies-loaddefs.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/emacs-magit-mode.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/emacs-rinari-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/erlang-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/ess-init.el (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/gambit-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/gcl.el (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/git-init.el (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/gnuplot-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/gnus-bonus-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/gtypist-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/haskell-mode-init.el
> (source)...
> Loading haskell-site-file...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/haskell-mode-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/htmlize-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/hyperspec.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/ibus-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/identica-mode-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/irsim-mode-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/lfe-start.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/lookup-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/lua-init.el (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/maxima-modes.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/mercurial-site-start.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/mew-init.el (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/mozc-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/muse-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/nesc-mode-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/pg-init.el (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/preview-latex.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/puppet-mode-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/pure-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/pymacs-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/pyrex-mode-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/riece-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/rpm-spec-mode-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/rpmdev-init.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/slime-autoloads.el
> (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/slime.el (source)...done
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/smalltalk-mode-init...
> load: Symbol's value as variable is void: inhibit-first-line-modes-regexps

(I know there are a lot of emacs' plugins but I just installed it with a
'*' after emacs, I'm a little bit lazy)

On 24 April 2013 19:54, Wilbert Isaac Cortés González <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hey, hi, I was trying to customize the theme color of emacs itself and I
> don't know why it doesn't work, I really mean it I don't have any idea of
> what is wrong
>
> My .emacs looked like in first place
>
> ;; .emacs
> > (custom-set-variables
> >  ;; uncomment to always end a file with a newline
> >  '(require-final-newline t)
> >  ;; uncomment to disable loading of "default.el" at startup
> >  '(inhibit-default-init t)
> >  ;; default to unified diffs
> >  '(diff-switches "-u"))
> >
> > (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/")
> >
> > ;;; uncomment for CJK utf-8 support for non-Asian users
> > ;; (require 'un-define)
>
> then I add this to it to add a little of _good_ taste:
> > (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/")
> > (defun color-theme-nice ()
> >   (interactive)
> >   (color-theme-install
> >    '(color-theme-nice
> >       ((background-color . "#101e2e")
> >       (background-mode . light)
> >       (border-color . "#1a1a1a")
> >       (cursor-color . "#fce94f")
> >       (foreground-color . "#eeeeec")
> >       (mouse-color . "black"))
> >      (fringe ((t (:background "#1a1a1a"))))
> >      (mode-line ((t (:foreground "#eeeeec" :background "#555753"))))
> >      (region ((t (:background "#0d4519"))))
> >      (font-lock-builtin-face ((t (:foreground "#729fcf"))))
> >      (font-lock-comment-face ((t (:foreground "#888a85"))))
> >      (font-lock-function-name-face ((t (:foreground "#edd400"))))
> >      (font-lock-keyword-face ((t (:foreground "#729fcf"))))
> >      (font-lock-string-face ((t (:foreground "#ad7fa8"))))
> >      (font-lock-type-face ((t (:foreground"#8ae234"))))
> >      (font-lock-constant-face ((t (:foreground "#eeeeec"))))
> >      (font-lock-variable-name-face ((t (:foreground "#eeeeec"))))
> >      (minibuffer-prompt ((t (:foreground "#729fcf" :bold t))))
> >      (font-lock-warning-face ((t (:foreground "red" :bold t))))
> >      )))
> > (provide 'color-theme-nice)
> >
> > (require 'color-theme)
> > (color-theme-initialize)
> > (color-theme-nice)
>
> But when I open emacs nothing happens the default theme is loaded with its
> boring color scheme, I don't know whatever is its *real* init file. Some
> help will be absolutely welcomed
>     -Isaac

[Suvayu Ali]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 07:54:05PM -0600, Wilbert Isaac Cortés González wrote:
> Hey, hi, I was trying to customize the theme color of emacs itself and I

[...chomp...chomp...chomp...]
> > (defun color-theme-nice ()
> >   (interactive)
> >   (color-theme-install
> >    '(color-theme-nice

[...chomp...chomp...chomp...]
> >  )))
> >
> > (provide 'color-theme-nice)
> >
> > (require 'color-theme)
> > (color-theme-initialize)
> > (color-theme-nice)

Two issues:
1. (require 'color-theme) should go before (defun color-theme-nice() ..)

2. As far as I know F18 ships Emacs 24.2.  In that case the color-theme
   package is deprecated, and will not work anyway.  You have to switch
   to the built in custom-theme interface.

Hope this helps,

[Lain Cortés González]

The question is even beyond of the color customization, because in the echo
area doesn't appear  a message showing if it reads the .emacs file or even
the, it just reads from the "site-lisp" directory/folder/whatever, so any
way I re-formulate the question: With that information showed int echo area
who doesn't show a line like "loading functions in .emacs..."  or sort of,
what do you suggest to I do to solve this issue?

On 25 April 2013 00:00, Suvayu Ali  wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 07:54:05PM -0600, Wilbert Isaac Cortés González
> wrote:
> > Hey, hi, I was trying to customize the theme color of emacs itself and I
>
> [...chomp...chomp...chomp...]
> > > (defun color-theme-nice ()
> > >   (interactive)
> > >   (color-theme-install
> > >    '(color-theme-nice
>
> [...chomp...chomp...chomp...]
> > >  )))
> > >
> > > (provide 'color-theme-nice)
> > >
> > > (require 'color-theme)
> > > (color-theme-initialize)
> > > (color-theme-nice)
>
> Two issues:
>
> (require 'color-theme) should go before (defun color-theme-nice() ..)
>
> As far as I know F18 ships Emacs 24.2.  In that case the color-theme
> package is deprecated, and will not work anyway.  You have to switch
> to the built in custom-theme interface.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --
> Suvayu
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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[Suvayu Ali]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:23:02AM -0600, Wilbert Isaac Cortés González wrote:
> The question is even beyond of the color customization, because in the echo
> area doesn't appear  a message showing if it reads the .emacs file or even
> the, it just reads from the "site-lisp" directory/folder/whatever, so any
> way I re-formulate the question: With that information showed int echo area
> who doesn't show a line like "loading functions in .emacs..."  or sort of,
> what do you suggest to I do to solve this issue?

This is not an issue because emacs does not write a message for ~/.emacs
or ~/.emacs.d/init.el.  They are "special" in this regard.

Hope this helps,

[Lain Cortés González]

So what I do?, I don't "feel" the changes, I mean I had to do an .el file
in site-lisp directory and make the changes directly in it; I think it is
not the best way to do it; but it's the only way I figured out, I read the
emacs manual and everything, but the customization should be in .emacs, and
the file is not being read in first place.

Anyway I'll try it, again; then I'll report any eventual issue.

On 25 April 2013 11:47, Suvayu Ali  wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:23:02AM -0600, Wilbert Isaac Cortés González
> wrote:
> > The question is even beyond of the color customization, because in the
>
> echo
> > area doesn't appear  a message showing if it reads the .emacs file or
>
> even
> > the, it just reads from the "site-lisp" directory/folder/whatever, so any
> > way I re-formulate the question: With that information showed int echo
>
> area
> > who doesn't show a line like "loading functions in .emacs..."  or sort
>
> of,
> > what do you suggest to I do to solve this issue?
>
> This is not an issue because emacs does not write a message for ~/.emacs
> or ~/.emacs.d/init.el.  They are "special" in this regard.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --
> Suvayu
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.
>
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[Lain Cortés González]

You know what? Something weird has happen, now it's read my .emacs file...
nevermind.

Thanks for the help!

-Isaac

On 25 April 2013 15:37, Wilbert Isaac Cortés González <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> So what I do?, I don't "feel" the changes, I mean I had to do an .el file
> in site-lisp directory and make the changes directly in it; I think it is
> not the best way to do it; but it's the only way I figured out, I read the
> emacs manual and everything, but the customization should be in .emacs, and
> the file is not being read in first place.
>
> Anyway I'll try it, again; then I'll report any eventual issue.
>
> On 25 April 2013 11:47, Suvayu Ali  wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:23:02AM -0600, Wilbert Isaac Cortés González
> > wrote:
> > > The question is even beyond of the color customization, because in the
> >
> > echo
> > > area doesn't appear  a message showing if it reads the .emacs file or
> >
> > even
> > > the, it just reads from the "site-lisp" directory/folder/whatever, so
> >
> > any
> > > way I re-formulate the question: With that information showed int echo
> >
> > area
> > > who doesn't show a line like "loading functions in .emacs..."  or sort
> >
> > of,
> > > what do you suggest to I do to solve this issue?
> >
> > This is not an issue because emacs does not write a message for ~/.emacs
> > or ~/.emacs.d/init.el.  They are "special" in this regard.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > --
> > Suvayu
> > Open source is the future. It sets us free.
> >
> > users mailing list
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