ColorTheme badly functioning in Emacs 22

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hello,

I'm a long time user (and a big fan) of ColorTheme, but have now
problems within Emacs 22 (both in Ubuntu and in the Windows
port): many buffers are not colored anymore (Gnus groups for
example), or not the first time the buffer is visited (Org list
of tasks for example).

    Note -- I don't have any color trouble with the message
    buffer, for example. Very very weird.

Going back and forth from/to Emacs 21/22 with the same .emacs
configuration file, I can see the differences: my color theme is
no more applied...

    ,----[ color-theme-seb.el ]
    | 
    | (require 'color-theme)
    | 
    | (defun color-theme-seb ()
    |   "Initialize faces according to my preferences."
    |   (interactive)
    |   (color-theme-install
    |    '(color-theme-seb
    |      ((background-color . "white")
    |       (background-mode . light)
    |       (border-color . "black")
    |       (cursor-color . "rgb:15/FF/00")
    |       (foreground-color . "black")
    |       (mouse-color . "black"))
    | 
    |      (default ((t (nil))))
    |      (bold ((t (:bold t :weight bold))))
    |      (bold-italic ((t (:italic t :bold t :slant italic :weight bold))))
    |      (italic ((t (:italic t :slant italic))))
    |      (underline ((t (:underline t))))
    |      (highlight ((t (:foreground "white" :background "rgb:31/6A/C5"))))  
;; darkolivegreen
    | 
    |      ;; Gnus group buffer
    |      (gnus-group-mail-1-empty-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:50/50/B0"))))
    |      (gnus-group-mail-1-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:50/50/B0" :bold t))))
    |      (gnus-group-mail-2-empty-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:66/00/66"))))
    |      (gnus-group-mail-2-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:66/00/66" :bold t))))
    |      (gnus-group-mail-3-empty-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:00/77/77"))))
    |      (gnus-group-mail-3-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:00/77/77" :bold t))))
    | 
    |      (gnus-group-news-1-empty-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:50/50/B0"))))
    |      (gnus-group-news-1-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:50/50/B0" :bold t))))
    |      (gnus-group-news-2-empty-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:66/00/66"))))
    |      (gnus-group-news-2-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:66/00/66" :bold t))))
    |      (gnus-group-news-3-empty-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:00/77/77"))))
    |      (gnus-group-news-3-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:00/77/77" :bold t))))
    |      (gnus-group-news-4-empty-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:99/00/00"))))
    |      (gnus-group-news-4-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:99/00/00" :bold t))))
    |      (gnus-group-news-5-empty-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:00/00/99"))))
    |      (gnus-group-news-5-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:00/00/99" :bold t))))
    |      (gnus-group-news-6-empty-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:BB/66/00"))))
    |      (gnus-group-news-6-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:BB/66/00" :bold t))))
    | 
    |      ;; Gnus summary buffer
    |      (gnus-summary-selected-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:FF/66/33" :bold 
t))))
    |      (gnus-summary-high-unread-face ((t (:foreground "blue" :bold t))))
    |      (gnus-summary-high-read-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:80/00/80" :bold 
t))))
    |      (gnus-summary-high-ticked-face ((t (:foreground "hot pink" :bold 
t))))
    |      (gnus-summary-high-ancient-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:77/77/99" 
:bold t))))
    |      (gnus-summary-normal-unread-face ((t (:foreground "blue"))))
    |      (gnus-summary-normal-read-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:80/00/80"))))
    |      (gnus-summary-normal-ticked-face ((t (:foreground "hot pink"))))
    |      (gnus-summary-normal-ancient-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:77/77/99"))))
    |      (gnus-summary-low-unread-face ((t (:low t :foreground "blue" :italic 
t))))
    |      (gnus-summary-low-read-face ((t (:low t :foreground "rgb:80/00/80"
    |                                       :italic t))))
    |      (gnus-summary-low-ticked-face ((t (:low t :foreground "hot pink"
    |                                         :italic t))))
    |      (gnus-summary-low-ancient-face ((t (:low t :foreground "rgb:77/77/99"
    |                                          :italic t))))
    |      (gnus-summary-cancelled-face ((t (:italic t :foreground "gray55"
    |                                        :strike-through t))))
    | 
    |      ;; Gnus article buffer
    |      (gnus-header-name-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:33/99/CC" :bold t
    |                                  :family "Arial"))))
    |      (gnus-header-from-face ((t (:foreground "blue" :family "Arial"))))
    |      (gnus-header-subject-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:FF/66/33" :bold t))))
    |      (gnus-header-newsgroups-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:33/99/CC"
    |                                        :family "Arial"))))
    |      (gnus-header-content-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:33/99/CC"
    |                                     :family "Arial"))))
    |      (gnus-cite-attribution-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:50/50/B0"))))
    |      (gnus-cite-face-1 ((t (:foreground "rgb:50/50/B0"))))
    |      (gnus-cite-face-2 ((t (:foreground "rgb:66/00/66"))))
    |      (gnus-cite-face-3 ((t (:foreground "rgb:00/77/77"))))
    |      (gnus-cite-face-4 ((t (:foreground "rgb:99/00/00"))))
    |      (gnus-cite-face-5 ((t (:foreground "rgb:00/00/99"))))
    |      (gnus-cite-face-6 ((t (:foreground "rgb:BB/66/00"))))
    |      (gnus-cite-face-7 ((t (:foreground "rgb:50/50/B0"))))
    |      (gnus-cite-face-8 ((t (:foreground "rgb:66/00/66"))))
    |      (gnus-cite-face-9 ((t (:foreground "rgb:00/77/77"))))
    |      (gnus-cite-face-10 ((t (:foreground "rgb:99/00/00"))))
    |      (gnus-signature-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:7F/7F/7F"))))
    |      (gnus-emphasis-bold ((t (:bold t))))
    | 
    |      (widget-button-face ((t (:bold t :weight bold))))
    |      (widget-button-pressed-face ((t (:foreground "red"))))
    |      (widget-documentation-face ((t (:foreground "dark green"))))
    |      (widget-field-face ((t (:background "gray85"))))
    |      (widget-inactive-face ((t (:foreground "dim gray"))))
    |      (widget-single-line-field-face ((t (:background "gray85"))))
    | 
    |      ;; when replying
    |      (message-header-name-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:33/99/CC" :bold t
    |                                     :family "Arial"))))
    |      (message-header-to-face ((t (:foreground "blue" :family "Arial"))))
    |      (message-header-cc-face ((t (:foreground "blue" :family "Arial"))))
    |      (message-header-subject-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:FF/66/33" :bold 
t))))
    |      (message-header-newsgroups-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:33/99/CC"
    |                                           :family "Arial"))))
    |      (message-header-xheader-face ((t (:foreground "red"))))
    |      (message-header-other-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:33/99/CC"
    |                                      :family "Arial"))))
    |      (message-separator-face ((t (:foreground "red" :bold t :family 
"Arial"))))
    |      (message-cited-text-face ((t (:foreground "rgb:50/50/B0"))))
    |      (message-mml-face ((t (:foreground "ForestGreen"))))
    | 
    |      ;; Gnus/Message
    |      (gnus-emphasis-highlight-words ((t (:background "black"
    |                                          :foreground "yellow"))))
    |      (gnus-picon-face ((t (:background "white" :foreground "yellow"))))
    |      (gnus-picon-xbm-face ((t (:background "white" :foreground 
"yellow"))))
    |      (gnus-x-face ((t (:background "white" :foreground "black"))))
    | 
    |      ;; org
    |      (org-done ((t (:foreground "gray55" :strike-through t))))
    |      (org-level-1 ((t (:foreground "blue" :bold t :height 1.4))))
    |      (org-level-2 ((t (:foreground "red" :bold t :height 1.2))))
    |      (org-level-3 ((t (:foreground "Purple"))))
    |      (org-scheduled-previously ((t (:foreground "blue" :bold t))))
    |      (org-scheduled-today ((t (:foreground "blue"))))
    |      (org-upcoming-deadline ((t (:foreground "DarkOrange" :bold t))))
    | 
    |      )))
    | 
    | (provide 'color-theme-seb)
    `----

I don't know if it's of importance, but here are the fonts I'm
using (one under Ubuntu, the other under Windows, in 9 points):

    ,----[ Extract of my .emacs ]
    | 
    | ;;; ----[ Faces
    | 
    | ;; set default color theme
    | (when (try-require 'color-theme)
    |     (color-theme-initialize)
    |     (when (try-require 'color-theme-seb)
    |         (color-theme-seb)))
    | 
    | ;; allow any scalable font
    | (when running-ms-windows
    |     (setq scalable-fonts-allowed t))
    | 
    | ;; set default font family and font size
    | (assq-delete-all 'font default-frame-alist)
    | (defvar my-default-font
    |   (if running-ms-windows
    |       "-*-Courier New-*-*-*-*-12-90-*-*-*-*-*-*"
    |     "-Misc-Fixed-Medium-R-SemiCondensed-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"))
    |     ;; this latest face supports bold (in Gnus) while
    |     ;; "-misc-*-*-*-*-*-12-90-*-*-*-*-*-*" does not!!
    | 
    | (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist (cons 'font my-default-font))
    `----

Can you help?

Thanks a lot,
  Seb

-- 
Sébastien Vauban