Re: Why is custom--inhibit-theme-enable not t by default?

[Basil L. Contovounesios]

Drew Adams <address@hidden> writes:

>> > > I think themes are special in this regard: loading a theme activates
>> > > it.
>> >
>> > Why did we do it that way?
>> 
>> History, I guess.  AFAIR, it always has been that way.  Maybe we did
>> it for compatibility with themes that were available outside of Emacs
>> before Emacs supported themes?
>
> No, not if you mean color themes (`color-theme.el'). Loading
> them does _not_ activate them.  There are explicit functions
> for installing a color theme and invoking (activating) it.
>
> (And unlike the case for custom themes, you can undo the
> application of a color theme.)

Doesn't the command disable-theme undo the application of a custom
theme?

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Basil