From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: documentation typo: `--terminal' fails Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:49:42 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203385798 25374 80.91.229.12 (19 Feb 2008 01:49:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:49:58 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 19 02:50:22 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JRHcj-0000jg-NB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:50:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRHcF-0005Qz-0B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:49:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRHcA-0005Qh-QV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:49:46 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRHc9-0005QM-Tk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:49:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRHc9-0005QJ-QM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:49:45 -0500 Original-Received: from cpe-69-204-130-115.nycap.res.rr.com ([69.204.130.115] helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JRHc9-0003wc-BV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:49:45 -0500 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:49:42 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:89539 Archived-At: But the documentation also doesn't mention that --terminal is a valid argument. Since it says `--terminal' implies `--no-window-system'. I think it is fair to presume that `--terminal' is a valid argument. I suggest we replace "`--terminal'" with "This argument" or just "This". That does not make it the same as `--no-window-system' or `-nw' which is how I understand the documentation `--terminal' implies `--no-window-system'. Incidently, (info "(emacs) Emacs Invocation") says GNU Emacs supports command line arguments to request various actions when invoking Emacs. `--terminal=DEVICE', `--display=DISPLAY', and `--no-window-system' are called `initial options' both in that node and in the subnode (info "(emacs) Initial Options") > If the `--terminal' for `--no-window-system' needed a DEVICE argument > I would expect it to say > > `--terminal=DEVICE' implies `--no-window-system' The argument is not part of the option name. Perhaps to an expert that is true, but when the documentation says `--terminal' implies `--no-window-system' I do not expect it to mean `--terminal=DEVICE' implies `--no-window-system' That is why I asked, Perhaps this trouble is an ambiguity of the documentation? -- Robert J. Chassell GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 bob@rattlesnake.com bob@gnu.org http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc