From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs -Q not documented Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 11:45:27 +1200 Message-ID: <16975.11927.82864.844486@farnswood.snap.net.nz> References: <20050329.162832.71106586.wl@gnu.org> <20050402.084718.31638992.wl@gnu.org> <16974.31697.605551.695664@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112486657 14045 80.91.229.2 (3 Apr 2005 00:04:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 00:04:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: miles@gnu.org, snogglethorpe@gmail.com, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 03 02:04:14 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DHsaz-0000XP-1G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 02:04:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DHscY-0007va-5D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 19:05:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DHsb6-0007az-Oi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 19:04:12 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DHsay-0007Wf-8M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 19:04:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DHsax-0007UA-9Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 19:04:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DHsKX-0006X2-AZ; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 18:47:05 -0500 Original-Received: from farnswood.snap.net.nz (p238-tnt1.snap.net.nz [202.124.110.238]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A7C44AB877; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 11:46:48 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by farnswood.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 501) id E34C961EE4; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 00:45:27 +0100 (BST) Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.9 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:35519 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35519 > > How about `--default-settings' (which could be abbreviated > > `--default'; perhaps it ought to also accept the plural of that, > > `--defaults', without actually putting it in the option help)? > > I think that would be very confusing -- -Q actually turns off some of > the default features such as splash screen, toolbar, menubar, scroll > bars etc. > > --no-nothing :-) --no-toolbar-menubar-scrollbars-blinking-cursor-splash-screen-init-or-site-file says it all, but -Q which one could guess is "quicker" than -q, is a bit more to the point. Nick