From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Brandon Maister Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3048: emacsclient help text clarification Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:41:37 -0400 Message-ID: Reply-To: Brandon Maister , 3048@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=001485f945620d273e0467e1de4e X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1240159010 20445 80.91.229.12 (19 Apr 2009 16:36:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:36:50 +0000 (UTC) To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 19 18:38:10 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Lva1x-00011j-0K for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:38:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36263 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lva0Y-00069H-80 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:36:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LvQ8H-0006Tj-ML for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:04:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LvQ8B-0006TE-6P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:03:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52712 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LvQ8A-0006T9-Ot for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:03:54 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:37664) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LvQ8A-0002I2-3L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:03:54 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n3J63pSJ020380; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:03:52 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n3J5o3Yf016499; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:50:03 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Brandon Maister Original-Sender: quodlibetor@gmail.com Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:50:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 3048 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.124011970515081 (code B ref -1); Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:50:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 19 Apr 2009 05:41:45 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:03:59 -0400 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:36:39 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:27353 Archived-At: --001485f945620d273e0467e1de4e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey I was trying to use the new emacsclient -a option, and it took me a few minutes to figure out that I was supposed to put `-a emacs' in there. (instead of just emacsclient -a myfile) It seems like other people might be less confused in the future if you were to add the line: ARGUMENTS required for long OPTIONS are required for short OPTIONS too. to the `emacsclient --help' output. So I did that and am sending it to you. (I couldn't figure out what the capitalization is supposed to mean, so that might look insane to you, but other than that.) Thanks for a great thing, brandon maister --001485f945620d273e0467e1de4e Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=echelp Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=echelp Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 X-Attachment-Id: f_ftpb1i8t0 VXNhZ2U6IGVtYWNzY2xpZW50IFtPUFRJT05TXSBGSUxFLi4uClRlbGwgdGhlIEVtYWNzIHNlcnZl ciB0byB2aXNpdCB0aGUgc3BlY2lmaWVkIGZpbGVzLgpFdmVyeSBGSUxFIGNhbiBiZSBlaXRoZXIg anVzdCBhIEZJTEVOQU1FIG9yIFsrTElORVs6Q09MVU1OXV0gRklMRU5BTUUuCkFSR1VNRU5UUyBy ZXF1aXJlZCBmb3IgbG9uZyBPUFRJT05TIGFyZSByZXF1aXJlZCBmb3Igc2hvcnQgT1BUSU9OUyB0 b28uCgpUaGUgZm9sbG93aW5nIE9QVElPTlMgYXJlIGFjY2VwdGVkOgotViwgLS12ZXJzaW9uCQlK dXN0IHByaW50IHZlcnNpb24gaW5mbyBhbmQgcmV0dXJuCi1ILCAtLWhlbHAgICAgCQlQcmludCB0 aGlzIHVzYWdlIGluZm9ybWF0aW9uIG1lc3NhZ2UKLW53LCAtdCwgLS10dHkgCQlPcGVuIGEgbmV3 IEVtYWNzIGZyYW1lIG9uIHRoZSBjdXJyZW50IHRlcm1pbmFsCi1jLCAtLWNyZWF0ZS1mcmFtZSAg ICAJQ3JlYXRlIGEgbmV3IGZyYW1lIGluc3RlYWQgb2YgdHJ5aW5nIHRvCgkJCXVzZSB0aGUgY3Vy cmVudCBFbWFjcyBmcmFtZQotZSwgLS1ldmFsICAgIAkJRXZhbHVhdGUgdGhlIEZJTEUgYXJndW1l bnRzIGFzIEVMaXNwIGV4cHJlc3Npb25zCi1uLCAtLW5vLXdhaXQJCURvbid0IHdhaXQgZm9yIHRo ZSBzZXJ2ZXIgdG8gcmV0dXJuCi1kLCAtLWRpc3BsYXk9RElTUExBWQlWaXNpdCB0aGUgZmlsZSBp biB0aGUgZ2l2ZW4gZGlzcGxheQotcywgLS1zb2NrZXQtbmFtZT1GSUxFTkFNRQoJCQlTZXQgZmls ZW5hbWUgb2YgdGhlIFVOSVggc29ja2V0IGZvciBjb21tdW5pY2F0aW9uCi1mLCAtLXNlcnZlci1m aWxlPUZJTEVOQU1FCgkJCVNldCBmaWxlbmFtZSBvZiB0aGUgVENQIGF1dGhlbnRpY2F0aW9uIGZp bGUKLWEsIC0tYWx0ZXJuYXRlLWVkaXRvcj1FRElUT1IKCQkJRWRpdG9yIHRvIGZhbGxiYWNrIHRv IGlmIHRoZSBzZXJ2ZXIgaXMgbm90IHJ1bm5pbmcKClJlcG9ydCBidWdzIHRvIGJ1Zy1nbnUtZW1h Y3NAZ251Lm9yZy4K --001485f945620d273e0467e1de4e--