From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Philipp Stephani
> This starts a daemon with a server named "FOO":
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 emacs -Q --daemon=3DFOO
>
> (This usage is documented in the "Initial Options" appendix = of the
> manual, but not mentioned in --help, or the man page.)
>
>
> But this very similar form does not work (it starts an un-named daemon= and
> visits file "FOO"):
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 emacs -Q --daemon FOO
>
> Compare with something like "--chdir /tmp", where both forms= (with and
> without "=3D") work.
I wouldn't expect it to work, since long options are documented to
need the equals sign.