Subject: Re: bug#57639: [PATCH] Add new command 'toggle-theme'

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 08:21:54 -0400

Philip Kaludercic [2022-10-19 07:16:13] wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:
>>> The fundamental issue that necessitates boilerplate is that packages are
>>> not added to the theme load path, and adding a new cookie type doesn't
>>> change that.
>> We could arrange for `autoload/loaddefs-gen` to recognize `deftheme` and
>> add the directory containing the file containing this `deftheme` to the
>> `custom-theme-load-path`.
> For packages installed using package.el or in general?

In general.  For those few built-in themes, it would mean we'd
repeatedly add the same dir to `custom-theme-load-path`, which is
inefficient, but this inefficiency should be completely harmless (it's
paid for during the preload).

> If this is possible I think this would be a nice idea.

It should be easy to do.

        Stefan