* Bug or feature?
@ 2020-04-17 14:47 Colin Baxter
2020-04-17 15:00 ` Colin Baxter
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From: Colin Baxter @ 2020-04-17 14:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Suppose you do
1. emacs <RET>
2. M-x gnus <RET>
We will assume this works - it generally does if your ~/.emacs and
~/.gnus.el are good :-). But
1. emacs -q <RET>
2. M-x load-library <RET>
3. ~/.emacs <RET>
4. M-x gnus <RET>
will produce an error. You must do
i. M-x load-library <RET>
ii. ~/.gnus.el <RET>
before step (4). We assume that the file ~/.emacs does not have the line
(load-library "~/.gnus.el").
Is this simply a feature of the "-q" option or a bug?
Best wishes,
Colin Baxter
URL: http://www.Colin-Baxter.com
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* Re: Bug or feature?
2020-04-17 14:47 Bug or feature? Colin Baxter
@ 2020-04-17 15:00 ` Colin Baxter
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From: Colin Baxter @ 2020-04-17 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
>>>>> Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:
> Suppose you do
> 1. emacs <RET> 2. M-x gnus <RET>
> We will assume this works - it generally does if your ~/.emacs and
> ~/.gnus.el are good :-). But
> 1. emacs -q <RET> 2. M-x load-library <RET> 3. ~/.emacs <RET>
> 4. M-x gnus <RET>
> will produce an error. You must do
> i. M-x load-library <RET> ii. ~/.gnus.el <RET>
> before step (4). We assume that the file ~/.emacs does not have
> the line (load-library "~/.gnus.el").
> Is this simply a feature of the "-q" option or a bug?
Thinking about it more, this is a feature because "emacs -q" will not
have any default settings, such as the location of the gnus init
file. Sorry about the original post.
Best wishes,
Colin Baxter
URL: http://www.Colin-Baxter.com
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