I'd like org-mode to use a particular theme. To this end, I've put the following in my init.el:
;; Setup org-mode theme
(defun org_setup()
"Setup org-mode"
(load-theme 'doom-laserwave)
)
;; Startup hook for org-mode
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook
(org_setup))
Curiously, whatever file I open (e.g., even init.el) this theme is used. Why is that? My (limited) understanding is that this code should only be run if org-mode is initiated. Am I doing something daft?
Assuming that the O.P. meant to use an underscore in the function name of org_setup (which is possible, but not the standard naming convention), then the problem is with the call to add-hook itself. Instead of using (org_setup), it should be 'org_setup. Try changing the call to add-hook as follows:
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'org_setup)
(org_setup) doesn't work, but 'org_setup does? My thought was that the former simply called my function.
(org_setup) as the second argument to add-hook, results in the immediate evaluation of that function instead of adding the function to the org-mode-hook. Alternatively, you could have used (add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda () (load-theme 'doom-laserwave))). However, many users recommend writing a separate function to be attached to the mode hook so that inspecting the hook with C-h v (aka M-x describe-variable) is more readable and using remove-hook is also easier when a separate function is used.
emacs -q -l minimal.eland a minimal init file that just contains the above code? If not, bisect your init file to figure out who the culprit is.Unable to find theme file for ‘doom-laserwave’.(func)calls the function, so what you are doing is calling the function and adding its return value to the hook. What you want to do instead is add the function itself to the hook, so it can be called later.