Re: [e-users] tooltip problems

On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:47:42 -0500 Conrad Knight <[email protected]> said:

> On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 3:06 PM Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> wrote:
> > i'm using default... i don't see it. :/ perhaps its the focus rect i
> > added .. but i've made that ignore mouse events... so i'm not sure how it
> > could dause it atm.
> 
> Some more investigating... I tried reverting some of the changes
> through git, even all the way back to before any of the focus-related
> parts were added, but couldn't get those changes to "take". I finally
> figured out that, despite choosing the System themes > default, E was
> consistently using my Personal themes > default! Not until i renamed
> my own copy to default2.edj did E correctly pick the theme under
> System.
> 
> It turns out my copy was missing a handful of
>  mouse_events: 0;
> lines in default/edc/comp.edc. As well as other changes, but i'm
> guessing that's what was causing the issue. I must have used an older
> version when i changed the splash.wav file.
> 
> So, new question: how come E was not letting me choose the System
> theme "default" when i also had a Personal theme with the same name?
> Clicking on the radio buttons at the top of the theme selection dialog
> box was showing two different lists, but E wasn't picking the right
> "default". Some kind of caching problem related to using the same
> name? I'll be sure to use a different name from now on...

aaah the dialog lies. it was from a longtime ago when the theme file was
explicit - since moving to elm its just a name. so "default" == find first
default theme - look in $HOME first then in system. no matter the name of the
theme - this is the search order. always. :)

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