From: Chong Yidong Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:18:40 +0000 (+0800) Subject: * doc/lispref/customize.texi (Custom Themes): Also document load-theme etc. X-Git-Tag: emacs-24.0.96~90 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=03ed9e82adda3f6856a12e718fad023bb8b06502;p=emacs.git * doc/lispref/customize.texi (Custom Themes): Also document load-theme etc. --- diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index 21050287fcc..e58ef2aa3ec 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2012-04-13 Chong Yidong + + * customize.texi (Custom Themes): Also document load-theme etc. + 2012-04-12 Chong Yidong * customize.texi (Applying Customizations): diff --git a/doc/lispref/customize.texi b/doc/lispref/customize.texi index 7e6b9ad40ac..ba977c70eb6 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/customize.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/customize.texi @@ -1330,14 +1330,14 @@ be a call to @code{deftheme}, and the last form should be a call to @defmac deftheme theme &optional doc This macro declares @var{theme} (a symbol) as the name of a Custom -theme. The optional argument @var{doc} specifies a string describing +theme. The optional argument @var{doc} should be a string describing the theme; this is the description shown when the user invokes the -@kbd{?} (@code{describe-theme}) command in the @samp{*Custom Themes*} -buffer. +@code{describe-theme} command or types @kbd{?} in the @samp{*Custom +Themes*} buffer. -Two special theme names are disallowed: @code{user} is a ``dummy -theme'' used to store the user's direct customization settings, and -@code{changed} is a ``dummy theme'' used to store changes made outside +Two special theme names are disallowed: @code{user} is a ``dummy'' +theme which stores the user's direct customization settings, and +@code{changed} is a ``dummy'' theme which stores changes made outside of the Customize system. If you specify either of these as the @var{theme} argument, @code{deftheme} signals an error. @end defmac @@ -1347,15 +1347,15 @@ This macro declares that the theme named @var{theme} has been fully specified. @end defmac - In between @code{deftheme} and @code{provide-theme} are the Lisp -forms specifying the theme settings---usually a call to + In between @code{deftheme} and @code{provide-theme} are Lisp forms +specifying the theme settings: usually a call to @code{custom-theme-set-variables} and/or a call to -@code{custom-theme-set-faces}: +@code{custom-theme-set-faces}. @defun custom-theme-set-variables theme &rest args -This function declares that the Custom theme @var{theme} (a symbol) -customizes the variables in @var{args}. Each argument in @var{args} -should be a list of the form +This function specifies the Custom theme @var{theme}'s variable +settings. @var{theme} should be a symbol. Each argument in +@var{args} should be a list of the form @example (@var{var} @var{expression} [@var{now} [@var{request} [@var{comment}]]]) @@ -1367,9 +1367,9 @@ where the list entries have the same meanings as in @end defun @defun custom-theme-set-faces theme &rest args -This function declares that the Custom theme @var{theme} (a symbol) -customizes the faces in @var{args}. Each argument in @var{args} -should be a list of the form +This function specifies the Custom theme @var{theme}'s face settings. +@var{theme} should be a symbol. Each argument in @var{args} should be +a list of the form @example (@var{face} @var{spec} [@var{now} [@var{comment}]]) @@ -1380,7 +1380,43 @@ where the list entries have the same meanings as in @code{custom-set-faces}. @xref{Applying Customizations}. @end defun - In principle, a theme file can also contain other Lisp forms, which -would be evaluated when loading the theme; but it is ``bad form'' for -a theme to do this. (For reasons of security, Emacs prompts the user -before loading any non-built-in theme.) + In theory, a theme file can also contain other Lisp forms, which +would be evaluated when loading the theme, but that is ``bad form''. +To protect against loading themes containing malicious code, Emacs +displays the source file and asks for confirmation from the user +before loading any non-built-in theme for the first time. + + The following functions are useful for programmatically enabling and +disabling Custom themes: + +@defun custom-theme-p theme +This function return a non-@code{nil} value if @var{theme} (a symbol) +is the name of a Custom theme (i.e.@: a Custom theme which has been +loaded into Emacs, whether or not the theme is enabled). Otherwise, +it returns @code{nil}. +@end defun + +@deffn Command load-theme theme &optional no-confirm no-enable +This function loads the Custom theme named @var{theme} from its source +file, looking for the source file in the directories specified by the +variable @code{custom-theme-load-path}. @xref{Custom Themes,,, emacs, +The GNU Emacs Manual}. It also @dfn{enables} the theme, causing its +variable and face settings to take effect. + +If the optional argument @var{no-confirm} is non-@code{nil}, this +skips prompting the user for confirmation before loading the theme. + +If the optional argument @var{no-enable} is non-@code{nil}, the theme +is loaded but not enabled. +@end deffn + +@deffn Command enable-theme theme +This function enables the Custom theme named @var{theme}. It signals +an error if no such theme has been loaded. +@end deffn + +@deffn Command disable-theme theme +This function disables the Custom theme named @var{theme}. The theme +remains loaded, so that a subsequent call to @code{enable-theme} will +re-enable it. +@end deffn