From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Proposal: emacs -Q option Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 09:29:33 +0200 Organization: JURTA Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87ad3y6l2a.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1075966712 29045 80.91.224.253 (5 Feb 2004 07:38:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 07:38:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 05 08:38:22 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aoe5e-0002B8-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 08:38:22 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aoe5d-0000Hg-01 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 08:38:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Aoe3g-0001zf-Br for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:36:20 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Aoe3b-0001yy-9k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:36:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Aoe33-0001mf-Tw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:36:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [66.33.219.4] (helo=spork.dreamhost.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Aoe33-0001mF-EN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:35:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.jurta.org (80-235-39-201-dsl.mus.estpak.ee [80.235.39.201]) by spork.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFB4D11F7DB; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 23:33:14 -0800 (PST) Original-To: no-spam@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: (Kim F. Storm's message of "05 Feb 2004 02:42:44 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:19731 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:19731 no-spam@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > --- startup.el 2004-02-05 02:27:51.000000000 +0100 > *************** > *** 73,78 **** > --- 73,83 ---- > ;; -no-splash Don't display a splash screen on startup. > ;; --no-splash > ;; ------------------------- > + ;; -Q Quick startup. Do not load any of user's init > + ;; file, "default.el", or "site-start". Disable > + ;; the tool-bar, menu-bar, scroll-bars, tool-tips, > + ;; the spash screen, and the blinking cursor. > + ;; ------------------------- > ;; -u USER Load USER's init file instead of the init > ;; -user USER file belonging to the user starting Emacs. > ;; --user USER I found 3 places in the source tree where command line arguments are documented: emacs/lisp/startup.el emacs/man/cmdargs.texi emacs/src/emacs.c and all of them are out of sync with the actual source code: --help, --version, --no-shared-memory, -nl, --find-file, --directory, -L DIR, and some display options are missed in the cmdargs.texi. --no-desktop is not documented in the cmdargs.texi and emacs.c. --find-file and many display options are not documented in the startup.el. Perhaps the documentation of command line arguments in the comments section of the startup.el is redundant because it is not helpful for users. -- http://www.jurta.org/emacs/