From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs -Q not documented Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:44:48 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20050329.162832.71106586.wl@gnu.org> <20050402.084718.31638992.wl@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112709067 9484 80.91.229.2 (5 Apr 2005 13:51:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:51:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 05 15:51:01 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DIoPv-0004fW-3l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:48:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DInyp-0006RS-6h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:20:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DInyC-0006FX-T3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:19:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DIny8-0006B8-V1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:19:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DIny4-000668-FM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:19:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DIoMY-0000F9-Ow for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:45:02 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DIoMG-0004jo-CT; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:44:44 -0400 Original-To: bob@rattlesnake.com In-Reply-To: (Robert J. Chassell's message of "Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:22:54 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:35584 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35584 "Robert J. Chassell" 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. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum