From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#72169: emacs --user documentation Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:57:58 +0300 Message-ID: <86msmff561.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87frs78jqz.1.fsf@jidanni.org> <86v813ffba.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17493"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 72169@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 18 10:59:25 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMyy-0004Ng-Qu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:59:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMyc-0006M5-DY; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMyZ-000690-GD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:59:00 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMyZ-0002cg-7r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:58:59 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMyc-0006Uq-Qz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:59:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:59:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 72169 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 72169-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B72169.172129309724896 (code B ref 72169); Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:59:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 72169) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Jul 2024 08:58:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36862 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMxs-0006TU-OJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:58:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38320) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMxq-0006TH-Cf for 72169@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:58:15 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMxf-0002Yq-DH; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:58:04 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=k2+iJN1M9hfA6NiHNWGOuU45Ld2HnPFxJsm0e23M9tE=; b=fm3bh2iTRkF+ sFs33kRJr+EHrKgxmvfwKZEP7GLhAyUS/tu1g13X6HXhHr1VYPemIkStZ6TjNHpmezkkSLZxej+fm VWWQL3Cg3TGxVp/HPTzNTxnD9cIm4w2gioC5akLdrcp6FnuWWT7nVh1Fpn16JofflSJaohJc9JZEr PBUJ26f8XwnxOFTNaCDmxM2ixiTBw52CcZ4bSeZiiZxV46feh1VUVxq0u+19DxH5Ihh7keqiVTHQU pq1HWTd0uaviza0/Ni+3o9WCQltgYJkjmtDgH/Z+INgm1uN2WF0FP9vek4zSfLNpUvBW71H5asZCV IBxHuMvOqBguCDw1c0bPmQ==; In-Reply-To: (message from Stefan Kangas on Thu, 18 Jul 2024 01:32:31 -0700) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:288959 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Kangas > Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 01:32:31 -0700 > Cc: 72169-done@debbugs.gnu.org > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> From: Dan Jacobson > >> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:24:52 +0800 > >> > >> $ man emacs > >> -u user, --user=user > >> Load user's init file. > >> > >> Add: > >> instead of yours. > >> Or: > >> in addition to yours. > > > > See "emacs --help" and the Emacs user manual for a better description. > > > > I don't see a need to invest efforts in making the man page better. > > We prefer the Info manual and the on-line help for a reason. > > > > So I'm closing this bug report. > > I installed a change to add the words "instead of your own", which is > the same text as in "emacs --help". Thanks for upholding my opinions.