From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Werner LEMBERG Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs -Q not documented Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:45:01 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <20050406.104501.107253615.wl@gnu.org> References: 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 1112777470 21349 80.91.229.2 (6 Apr 2005 08:51:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:51:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, storm@cua.dk Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 06 10:51:08 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJ6FW-0002UL-Hp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:50:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJ5oZ-0006bw-W0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 04:23:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DJ5mB-0005eJ-2m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 04:20:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJ5mA-0005cr-Nf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 04:20:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.227.126.188] (helo=moutng.kundenserver.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DJ6EH-00013D-Vp; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 04:49:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.227.126.155] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1DJ6Du-0004OJ-00; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:49:18 +0200 Original-Received: from [217.253.200.172] (helo=rigel.site) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (TLSv1:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1DJ6Dt-0007gP-00; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:49:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rigel.site (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id j368j1Ar009340; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:45:01 +0200 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2.50 on Emacs 22.0.50.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:2dc398bc694a1e60948148ba0a42c0da 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:35614 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35614 > The difficulty in finding a long name for it reflected a lack of > apparent coherence of the functionality of the option. Nobody could > see what it was good for. That is why I thought of removing it or > changing it. Well, -Q has definitely its merits, especially for reporting bugs. After seeing this discussion I still think that my `--bare' proposal is not that bad: The -Q options really strips off all features you would normally like to have for daily work. Werner