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pjjanak

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Registered: 2008-08-17

Posts: 128

[SOLVED] emacs-color-theme

So, I recently got an update to emacs, I believe, which, for some reason, uninstalled emacs-color-theme. Upon reinstalling it, I can't seem to set my color theme using my .emacs file anymore. Here's my .emacs:

File Edit Options Buffers Tools Emacs-Lisp Help                                 
(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.                                  
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.               
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.                      
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.                          
 '(inhibit-startup-screen t))
(custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.                                      
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.               
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.                      
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.                          
 )
(require 'color-theme)
(color-theme-classic)

And here is the error I get when starting emacs:

An error has occurred while loading `/home/peter/.emacs':

Symbol's function definition is void: color-theme-classic

To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the
cause of the error in your initialization file.  Start Emacs with
the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error backtrace.

Loading cl-macs...done
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.

Help!

Peter

Last edited by pjjanak (2008-10-15 18:26:47)

kett

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 104

Re: [SOLVED] emacs-color-theme

After

(require 'color-theme)

add the line

(color-theme-initialize)

I'm not sure what caused the change, but for whatever reason the color themes aren't automatically loaded with the require line anymore.

pjjanak

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Registered: 2008-08-17

Posts: 128

Re: [SOLVED] emacs-color-theme

Huzzah! Thanks kett. Was this document somewhere?

Peter

kett

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 104

Re: [SOLVED] emacs-color-theme

Not that I know of.  I found it by experimentation.

anrxc

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-03-22

Posts: 833

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Re: [SOLVED] emacs-color-theme

Was this document somewhere?

Sure it is; http://emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ColorTheme#toc1

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You need to install an RTFM interface.

graemev

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Registered: 2010-11-13

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] emacs-color-theme

Thanks saved my bacon also ... 1st time it hit was installing Ubuntu 10.10
As coloUr management in Emacs get more complex I get less an less interested ... all I look for now
is how to re-enable the 'classics colours' ... though I'd settle for just being able to start emacs without colours blowing up once again.