Re: guix installed Emacs

[Alex Kost]

Catonano (2016-04-17 15:28 +0300) wrote:

> 2016-04-17 10:23 GMT+02:00 Alex Kost <address@hidden>:
[...]
>     Aha, so it loads elisp files from that "site-start.d" directory. 
>     I
>     wonder what files are placed there.  Could you look and show
>     their
>     contents please?
>
> $ ls /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/
> desktop-entry-mode-init.el  git-init.el
>
> $ cat /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/
> desktop-entry-mode-init.el
> (autoload 'desktop-entry-mode "desktop-entry-mode" "Desktop Entry
> mode" t)
> (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.desktop\\(\\.in\\)?$" .
> desktop-entry-mode))
>  
> $ cat /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/git-init.el
> ;; Git VC backend
> (add-to-list 'vc-handled-backends 'GIT t)
> (autoload 'git-status "git" "GIT mode." t)
> (autoload 'git-blame-mode "git-blame"
>      "Minor mode for incremental blame for Git." t)
>
> I was expecting something explaining the difference in the fotns
> sizes. But that must be somewhere else

Yeah, these files look harmless.

>     > Also the Fedora Emacs keeps being a bit brighter
>
>     You know, I have another thought about this problem.  Perhaps you
>     use
>     different versions of zenburn theme: like, for example, you
>     installed
>     one using Fedora (which is loaded when you run Fedora's Emacs),
>     and also
>     you installed another zenburn using Emacs package system (and it
>     is
>     loaded by Guix's Emacs).  Could you look at 'load-path' variable
>     ("C-h v
>     load-path") and check if there are several ".../zenburn..."
>     directories.
>
>     Or better, look if zenburn is listed at "M-x
>     list-load-path-shadows".
>
>     Also check the value of 'custom-enabled-themes'.
>
>
> For the Fedora Emacs
> No Emacs Lisp load-path shadowings were found
>
>
>  For the Guix Emacs
>
> /home/catonano/.emacs.d/elpa/dash-20151216.1315/dash hides /home/
> catonano/.guix-profile/share/emacs/site-lisp/guix.d/dash-2.12.1/dash
> /home/catonano/.emacs.d/elpa/dash-20151216.1315/dash-autoloads hides
> /home/catonano/.guix-profile/share/emacs/site-lisp/guix.d/dash-2.12.1
> /dash-autoloads
> /home/catonano/.guix-profile/share/emacs/site-lisp/guix-emacs hides /
> gnu/store/95zc1fvm6dycmn0ahfcd61vq2yyr1b8v-emacs-24.5/share/emacs/
> 24.5/site-lisp/guix-emacs
>
> 3 Emacs Lisp load-path shadowings were found
>
>
> For both Emacses
> "Its value is (zenburn)
> Original value was nil"
>
> Look, I installed zenburn with the Fedora Emacs packages machinery,
> before even attempting to install Guix
>
> It's in my .emacs.d folder and it's commong among the 2 Emacses

Yes, this is very strange.  Since it is the same theme, it should look
the same on both Emacses.

> Rather, I'd come up with this hypothesis
>
> The Fedora Emacs is buit against Gtk+ version 3.18.9
> The Guix Emacs is built against Gtk+ version 3.18.2
>
> So I read in the respective splash files
>
> Maybe the slight difference in versions might explain the difference
> in brightness ?

I don't believe this can be a cause.  GTK should effect only the
appearance of such things as menu-bar, toolbar and scroll bars.  But,
well, I don't have any other idea to explain the difference.

BTW, did you try some other themes?  I would check if this difference in
brightness happens with other themes or not.

-- 
Alex