How to prevent overwriting my custom-set-faces
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OutOfCharm · 2022-11-01 13:17

Every time I use package-install or package-delete some stuff, it
erases my custom-set-faces setting in my .emacs file. How to prevent
this happen and let the setting be permanent?

Details are elaborated as follows, given that I have two relevant
blocks: **custom-set-variables** and **custom-set-faces**,
```
(custom-set-variables
 ...
 '(package-selected-packages
   '(**placeholder** pdf-tools avy counsel swiper ivy use-package org-
roam expand-region flycheck magit auctex doom-themes timu-spacegrey-
theme kaolin-themes cyberpunk-theme which-key helm treemacs ess
spacemacs-theme company auto-complete multiple-cursors ##))
 ...
```
Each time when I package-install or package-delete, the
**placeholder** is replaced by a new package's name or left as blank.
Simultaneously, the other block automatically changes from
```
(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(default ((t (:inherit nil :extend nil :stipple nil :background
"#292A30" :foreground "#FFFFFF" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-
through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight bold
:height 128 :width normal :foundry "DAMA" :family "Ubuntu Mono")))))
```
to
```
(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(default ((t (:background nil)))))
```

All of above happens in .emacs file (not in .emacs.d or init.el).

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ovopax · 2022-11-01 16:54

Can you describe it a little more detailed?

Is . emacs your only config file or is there something in ~/. emacs.d
or ~/.config/emacs?

Which packages?

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MitchellMarquez42 · 2022-11-01 16:55

Set the variable `custom-file` and move Custom-set-faces, custom-set-
variables etc to it. Then put `(load custom-file)` in your init file.

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thetemp_ · 2022-11-01 18:00

That shouldn't be happening at all.  Even a package providing themes
wouldn't touch the `custom-set-faces` block in your `custom-file` (by
default, the same file as your `user-init-file`).

Can you recreate this with a clean configuration that has nothing but
the `custom-set-faces` block that's being overwritten?

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OutOfCharm · 2022-11-02 02:27

Please see my updated info.

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