From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Unknown option `--no-desktop' Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:55:45 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <23032.217.194.34.123.1100536660.squirrel@wwws.franken.de> Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1100541413 15991 80.91.229.6 (15 Nov 2004 17:56:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:56:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 15 18:56:45 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CTl5p-0008Cx-00 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:56:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CTlEW-0002qw-Vx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:05:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CTlEM-0002qS-AT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:05:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CTlEK-0002pY-Rq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:05:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CTlEK-0002pV-PP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:05:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [69.168.110.189] (helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CTl5A-0001sZ-VW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:56:05 -0500 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:55:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: "Stephan Stahl" In-reply-to: <23032.217.194.34.123.1100536660.squirrel@wwws.franken.de> (stahl@eos.franken.de) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:29879 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:29879 > emacs -Q --no-desktop > > does not recognize the initial option --no-desktop I think this is what is to be expected. emacs -Q does not load any startup files so there is nothing that loads desktop.el so emacs really does not know the option --no-desktop. That makes sense, but the documentation does not help. It should point this out. In any event, the option also fails when starting Emacs with a .emacs file that loads or saves a desktop. (I was trying to create a test version of Emacs that used most of my regular .emacs file, but did not load or save its desktop.) There are two issues and --no-desktop fails both: 1. It does not match its documentation by not automatically reloading a saved desktop. The documentation says (emacs)Initial Options Do not reload any saved desktop. 2. It does not turn off a turned-on Save Desktop. -- Robert J. Chassell bob@rattlesnake.com GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc