Re: Can't load any color themes in emacs 25

[Tim Johnson]

* Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> [160926 10:33]:
> > I've installed GNU Emacs 25.1.1 on ubuntu 14.04.
> > The previous version is 24.3.1
> >
> > The default color scheme is great, but running load-theme for any
> > installed theme does not give me the color scheme that I expect.
> > *Messages* shows nothing of concern on startup. The background
> > remains light.
> >
> > I would guess that some setting has a value that is forcing the
> > background to a something close to white, (regardless of theme
> > selection) but don't know where to look for it.
> 
> FYI (but this does not speak to your difficulty).
> 
> `load-theme' is not about color themes.  It is about custom themes.
> (It is too bad that Emacs borrowed the feature idea, changed it
> to something different, and gave it a too-similar name.)
> 
> See this page, about color themes and custom themes:
> https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ColorThemes

  Thanks for clarifying 'load-theme and pointing out that
  distinction, and for the URL.
  (light-bulbs-going-off 'here)
  cheers
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Tim 
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