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Issuing M-x load-theme gives me the option solarized. However, issuing solarized gives the message Undefined Custom theme solarized.

Any ideas why I'm getting this error?

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  • Did you try M-x enable-theme?
    – Tom Regner
    Aug 21 '15 at 5:58
  • @TomRegner Issuing M-x enable-theme does not give solarized as a possible completion.
    – Brian Fitzpatrick
    Aug 21 '15 at 6:01
  • Even after it's loaded (with M-x load-theme)?
    – Tom Regner
    Aug 21 '15 at 6:39
  • @TomRegner But my problem is that I can't load the theme...
    – Brian Fitzpatrick
    Aug 21 '15 at 6:39
  • Ah - english is not my first language, misread your post -- sorry for the noise.
    – Tom Regner
    Aug 21 '15 at 6:40
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When you write a theme, you need to make sure everything is named correctly:

  • Your theme file must end with the postfix (or should I say suffix?) -theme
  • Your deftheme, provide-theme, and custom-theme-set-faces must not have the theme postfix -theme

I'm not sure if all of those are really needed, but I always do like this so I don't have this undefined error.

Oh, and don't forget to add your theme dir to the custom-theme-load-path list

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