title: Can't get Emacs24 to load themes
body: <p>To start off, my Emacs version is <code>GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.12.2) of 2014-06-06 on barber, modified by Debian</code>, and I am running Debian Jessie as the sole OS on a 2009 Macbook Pro.</p>
  
  <p>So I've downloaded lots of themes off the net that I think would make working in Emacs much more soothing, and placed them in my <code>~/.emacs.d/themes/</code> folder. I've downloaded the <code>emacs-goodies-el</code> packages. I've set the custom load path for these themes to be in that specific folder. When I start, I either get one of two things depending on if I actually try to load the themes with <code>(load-theme tron t)</code>, or not. Both errors are of the type <code>Symbol's value as variable is void: &lt;!DOCTYPE</code>.</p>
  
  <p>When I run Emacs in <code>--debut-init</code>, this is what I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable &lt;!DOCTYPE)
  eval-buffer()  ; Reading at buffer position 14
  load-theme(jazz t)
  eval-buffer(#&lt;buffer  *load*&gt; nil "/home/finnds/.emacs" nil t)  ; 
  Reading at buffer      position 1203
  load-with-code-conversion("/home/finnds/.emacs" "/home/finnds/.emacs" t t)
  load("~/.emacs" t t)
  #[0 "\205\262
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I try to load themes through <code>M-x customize-themes</code>, I get the error: <code>load-theme: Symbol's value as variable is void: &lt;!DOCTYPE</code>, and all the colors go back to being white/light/default.</p>
  
  <p>And here is my <code>.emacs</code> file, after the <code>custom-set-variables</code> and <code>custom-set-faces</code> (meaning this is put all the way at the bottom of the file):</p>
  
  <pre><code>(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path "~/.emacs.d/")
  (load-theme 'jazz t)
  (require 'color-theme)
  (eval-after-load "color-theme"
    '(progn
       (color-theme-initialize)))
  (setq package-archives '(("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
                           ("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/")
                           ("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/")))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've tried doing exactly what the wiki tells me to do, and several other themesites, but I still keep getting this message. I tried searching for an answer, but there wasn't a particular one like my exact case, I found. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks in advance!</p>