Re: custom-theme-load-path and package system

[Alex Kost]

Francesco Groccia (2013-09-02 20:02 +0400) wrote:

>> What is the value of your custom-theme-load-path?
>
> The value of my custom-theme-load-path is the following:
> '(custom-theme-load-path (quote
> ("/home/fgr/.emacs.d/elpa/zenburn-theme-20130831.739/"
> "~/.emacs.d/themes/" custom-theme-directory t)))

I suppose it's not the value, but a part of the customization section of
your .emacs. Check the value with "C-h v custom-theme-load-path RET".

What the value will be if you will not customize this variable at all?

>> How do you modify it?
>
> I modify it by ``M-x customize-themes''.

Do you mean "M-x customize-variable"? ...Hm, wait a minute, i think i
guessed what happens to you. You customize zenburn theme (with
"customize-themes") as well, and in your customization section you have
something like this:

(custom-set-variables
...
 '(custom-enabled-themes (quote (zenburn)))
...
 '(custom-theme-load-path (quote
 ("/home/fgr/.emacs.d/elpa/zenburn-theme-20130831.739/"
 "~/.emacs.d/themes/" custom-theme-directory t)))
...
)

The problem is that emacs package system is loaded after the init file,
so emacs tries to load zenburn theme before the zenburn package will add
the proper path to `custom-theme-load-path'; that's why you have to
specify this path by hand. To solve it add these 2 lines in your .emacs
before customization section (before "(custom-set-variables ...)"):

(setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
(package-initialize)

P.S.  If you just want Emacs to look at "~/.emacs.d/themes/" for
additional themes, it would be better to modify `custom-theme-directory'
instead of `custom-theme-load-path' (by customizing it or adding
(setq custom-theme-directory "~/.emacs.d/themes/") into your .emacs).