From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Proposal: emacs -Q option Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 10:43:26 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87d68tj1z5.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1075974304 10482 80.91.224.253 (5 Feb 2004 09:45:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 09:45:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 05 10:44:59 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 1Aog4B-0008UZ-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 10:44:59 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aog4B-0003Gf-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 10:44:59 +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 1Aog3j-00078t-4V for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 04:44:31 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Aog32-00074Z-7j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 04:43:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Aog2S-0006KH-My for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 04:43:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Aog2S-0006J8-9L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 04:43:12 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aog2R-0005Aq-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 10:43:11 +0100 Original-Received: from 213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.de ([213.203.244.156]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu Feb 5 09:43:11 2004 Original-Received: from kai by 213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu Feb 5 09:43:11 2004 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 14 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MOk1Ctxxq8AM/0cWqmZhjbh0YX8= 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:19738 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:19738 Alan Mackenzie writes: > I'd say, make a command-line "user option" instead or as well. After > all, Emacs is supposed to be user configurable. Say, -U or -U"string". > This would set a variable `option-U' to the string (or t) before running > .emacs (or, possibly site-start.el?). It is quite easy to process command line args. See the variable command-switch-alist. I think this additional machinery is not required, as it does more or less the same thing. Kai