From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to learn lisp Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:59:40 -0600 Message-ID: References: <87r66ah1uo.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224655235 14921 80.91.229.12 (22 Oct 2008 06:00:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:00:35 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 22 08:01:36 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1KsWmH-0000it-ME for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:01:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33185 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsWlC-0000Mx-74 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:59:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsWkv-0000Ms-3N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:59:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsWkt-0000Mf-MI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:59:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35722 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsWkt-0000Mc-IF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:59:39 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:52734 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KsWks-0001Tf-VV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:59:39 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KsWkm-0001SC-2e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:59:32 +0000 Original-Received: from c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.161.145.183]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:59:32 +0000 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:59:32 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 36 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Macintosh/20080914) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:59021 Archived-At: TheFlyingDutchman wrote: > >> -batch option is, IMO, a bad idea for a beginner since the user >> has to know what -batch implies internally (what it does, what >> it can't do, etc.). >> > I found out after some head scratching, that the .emacs init file is > not read when in batch mode. What are some of the other things to be > aware of in batch mode? RTFM: `-batch' `--batch' Run Emacs in "batch mode". Batch mode is used for running programs written in Emacs Lisp from shell scripts, makefiles, and so on. You should also use the `-l', `-f' or `--eval' option, to invoke a Lisp program to do batch processing. In batch mode, Emacs does not display the text being edited, and the standard terminal interrupt characters such as `C-z' and `C-c' continue to have their normal effect. The functions `prin1', `princ' and `print' output to `stdout' instead of the echo area, while `message' and error messages output to `stderr'. Functions that would normally read from the minibuffer take their input from `stdin' instead. `--batch' implies `-q' (do not load an init file), but `site-start.el' is loaded nonetheless. It also causes Emacs to exit after processing all the command options. In addition, it disables auto-saving except in buffers for which it has been explicitly requested. -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA