Fatal error: Cannot redeclare leaf_setup()

Hold on! That was last night. This request can be disregarded. Some more notes below for anyone interested to read further observations (&/or ponderings of a hack-coder!):

Work also involved changes to functions.php, template-functions.php and template-tags.php, all of which I removed just to get back to a viewable web site.

Just after this post, I kept in place the original leaf/functions.php and only replaced template-functions.php and template-tags.php … and now the site looks exactly how I want it to! (????)

I think I was following some inaccurate information about (un)necessary changes (an add_filter) to functions.php, and this triggered the error (i.e., confused instructions: double?).

Curious tho, that functions.php in my child folder requires the removal (via renaming) of functions.php in ../leaf root (unlike footer.php and home.php: original files in place with customized files in child root – provide results as expected).

So, all is well … other than the ongoing subtle pressure to find time to learn how to code properly!

Enjoy your day,
Bob

Curious tho, that functions.php in my child folder requires the removal (via renaming) of functions.php in ../leaf root

It doesn’t. In fact, you should never delete or edit any files in the parent theme. Sounds like you needed to create a new, custom, function in your child theme instead of trying to re-use one that was pre-defined in the parent theme.

Thanks esmi … indeed! Noted and added to the someday (or, if-I-ever-make-money-from-my-plans developer’s) ‘to do’ list!

Cheers