Re: emacs -Q not documented

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

"Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com> writes:

>    >  -Q
>
>    It is intended to be an option turn off all "extra features".
>
> Yes.  The option is helpful and should be kept.
>
> It is easier than evoking Emacs with an equivalent long string of
> options, which are:
>
>     emacs -q             \
>     --no-site-file       \
>     --no-blinking-cursor \
>     --eval '(progn
>               (tooltip-mode -1)
>               (tool-bar-mode -1)
>               (menu-bar-mode -1)
>               (scroll-bar-mode -1)
>               (setq inhibit-startup-message t))'

Well, that argument would hold for any option string.

> (`nil' instead of `-1' causes the evaluated functions to produce a
> message, so is no good.)
>
> If we need a long name for `-Q', and do not wish to use `--plain',
> please consider
>
>     --no-init-site-splash-decorations-blinking
>
> which is long and ugly but does tell you what the option avoids.

--basic-defaults

would be another possibility.

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