Re: Bug or feature?

[Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com>]

>>>>> 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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