From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: D. Goel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs --pristine --> -vanilla Date: 05 Dec 2002 17:30:59 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87znrkp07w.fsf@computer.localdomain> References: <873cpcnqep.fsf@computer.localdomain> <20021205221917.GB426@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039128224 14423 80.91.224.249 (5 Dec 2002 22:43:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 22:43:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18K4i5-0003hl-00 for ; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 23:43:09 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18K4qQ-0007ge-00 for ; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 23:51:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18K4ZN-0006Cr-00; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:34:09 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18K4Yy-0005cl-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:33:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18K4YS-0005Ke-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:33:43 -0500 Original-Received: from 24-197-159-102.charterga.net ([24.197.159.102] helo=computer) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18K4WK-0004dh-00; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:31:00 -0500 Original-Received: from deego by computer with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18K4WJ-0001Cl-00; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:30:59 -0500 Original-To: Miles Bader X-Face: #5@=vrmx5t3mZaPY8(mR.n+V#:%4NW7j5A&^}@lGp2rK;CQ4%iH1v'gh/^A)w5*6c&R2(P' 4+seYDq8OK'LPI/C(C^A*w|f*t+8,'T8b#_0~h3!A7GoVroE[cr0Fb'A0%SdU|Lk@gBV&1vA In-Reply-To: <20021205221917.GB426@gnu.org> Original-Lines: 28 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9908 > > IMO, --pristine is a much better name, so at most it should be an alias. Okay, I had just wanted to point out that xemacs already uses a shortcut -vanilla so it will be nice to be compatible when we too implement the shortcut. > My understanding is that --pristine actually does a bit more, which > actually makes it better than -q -no-site-file for what I see as the > intended purpose (`what do you tell people to use when they report a > bug'). I see. > Why is it important that it be _exactly_ -q -no-site-file? No reason really. Now, with your above explanation, I take back that request. PS: Thanks for your other followup re: google searches, i tried and did work. And thanks for the followup, Stefan. DG http://deego.gnufans.org/~deego/ --