bug#4119: 23.0.96; wrong command example in PROBLEMS

bug#4119: 23.0.96; wrong command example in PROBLEMS

[Holger Schurig]

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etc/PROBLEMS gives the command example:

	 emacs -q -batch -f list-load-path-shadows

However, it should be

	 emacs -q --batch -f list-load-path-shadows

(Note the "--" in front of "batch").




In GNU Emacs 23.0.96.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20)
 of 2009-07-30 on mnz66.mn-solutions.de, modified by Debian
 (emacs-snapshot package, version 1:20090725-1)
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70101000
configured using `configure  '--build' 'i486-linux-gnu' '--host' 'i486-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs-snapshot:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.0.96/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.0.96/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=5000 -g -O2''

bug#4119: 23.0.96; wrong command example in PROBLEMS

[Andreas Schwab]

"Holger Schurig" <h.schurig@mn-solutions.de> writes:

> etc/PROBLEMS gives the command example:
>
> 	 emacs -q -batch -f list-load-path-shadows
>
> However, it should be
>
> 	 emacs -q --batch -f list-load-path-shadows

$ emacs -help
[...]
You can generally also specify long option names with a single -; for
example, -batch as well as --batch.  You can use any unambiguous
abbreviation for a --option.
[...]

Andreas.

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bug#4119: marked as done (23.0.96; wrong command example in PROBLEMS)

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From: "Holger Schurig" <h.schurig@mn-solutions.de>
To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Cc: rfrancoise@debian.org
Subject: 23.0.96; wrong command example in PROBLEMS
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:09:34 +0200
Message-ID: <20090811110934.69CA81E0010@lin01.mn-solutions.de>


Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.

Your bug report will be posted to the emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org mailing list.

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:



etc/PROBLEMS gives the command example:

	 emacs -q -batch -f list-load-path-shadows

However, it should be

	 emacs -q --batch -f list-load-path-shadows

(Note the "--" in front of "batch").




In GNU Emacs 23.0.96.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20)
 of 2009-07-30 on mnz66.mn-solutions.de, modified by Debian
 (emacs-snapshot package, version 1:20090725-1)
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70101000
configured using `configure  '--build' 'i486-linux-gnu' '--host' 'i486-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs-snapshot:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.0.96/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.0.96/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=5000 -g -O2''


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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: 4119-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: bug#4119: 23.0.96; wrong command example in PROBLEMS
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:55:10 -0400
Message-ID: <bbbpmmffyp.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>

"Holger Schurig" wrote:

> etc/PROBLEMS gives the command example:
>
> 	 emacs -q -batch -f list-load-path-shadows
>
> However, it should be
>
> 	 emacs -q --batch -f list-load-path-shadows


A single "-" works fine too, as you can see eg from EMACSOPT in
lisp/Makefile.in in the Emacs sources. Or by testing it.