Default theme and init-local.el not loading

[priyadarshan]

Hi,

Sorry to bother you already!

With a previous version of your .emacs.d, when Emacs is launched, the default theme (sanityinc-solarized-light) gets loaded.

I just cloned the current version, and the theme does not get loaded anymore. Also, I get the error:

sanityinc/emacs-lisp-setup: Symbol's function definition is void: rainbow-delimiters-mode

(That error message was not showing up with the older version.)

I also created a new file, init-local.eland added just a line, (require-package 'deft), but it seems that init-local is not loaded, too.

If I require manually the theme, or init-local, they do work, though.

I am using Emacs 24.0.95.1 on iMac with OS X 10.7.3

[purcell]

You're on the same Emacs and OS as me, so I know this can work.

Under ~/.emacs.d/elpa/ you should have a subdir called rainbow-delimiters-20111125 -- is that missing, or differently-named?

(By the way, in your init-local.el, you'll also need a (provide 'init-local) at the end.)

[priyadarshan]

I have rainbow-delimiters-20120424.

You are right of course, (provide 'init-local) was missing.

For the theme, I have color-theme-sanityinc-solarized-2.12

[priyadarshan]

I tried this, with a test init-local.el

(setq mac-option-modifier 'super) ;; just for testing
(message "message")
(provide 'init-local)

Still, at startup it is not loading. If i do M-x load file with ~/.emacs.d/init-local.el, then it gets loaded.

[purcell]

Looks like rainbow-delimiters.el got removed from the emacswiki upstream, so the package you have is broken. I've fixed the Melpa recipe now, so uninstall the rainbow-delimiters package, and then reinstall it (or restart Emacs) once the Melpa page has been updated to show "github" in the "source" column next to "rainbow-delimiters".

Regarding the init-local, once the provide line has executed, any further invocation of (require 'init-local) will do nothing. You would need to restart Emacs, or use eval-buffer or load-file for changes to take effect.

-Steve

[priyadarshan]

Ok, I will do and let you know. Thanks!

[priyadarshan]

Now that error message is gone, and the theme loads fine. Thank you!

It is not clear to me how to load automatically 'init-local' .You said:

Regarding the init-local, once the provide line has executed, any further invocation of (require 'init-local) will do nothing. You would need to restart Emacs, or use eval-buffer or load-file for changes to take effect.

Isn't that file first loaded by the (require 'init-local) in init.el? The (provide 'init-local) comes after that, like in all the other init-...el files. I am a little confused.

[purcell]

Yes - without modifying any of the pre-existing files, if you add an ~/.emacs.d/init-local.el file containing code like this:

your config here
(provide 'init-local)

then it should get loaded automatically at startup. That's what I tested locally, and it works for me.

-Steve

[priyadarshan]

Thank you so much Steve. I restarted Emacs again, and now everything works as it should.

Thank you so much for your time and patience.

[purcell]

No problem - happy hacking.