From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: documentation typo: `--terminal' fails Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:26:04 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203344787 10635 80.91.229.12 (18 Feb 2008 14:26:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:26:27 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 18 15:26:48 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JR6x7-0008Lm-5u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:26:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JR6wc-00084y-KZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:26:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JR6wY-00084d-So for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:26:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JR6wX-00084I-F4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:26:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JR6wX-00084F-9Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:26:05 -0500 Original-Received: from cpe-69-204-130-115.nycap.res.rr.com ([69.204.130.115] helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JR6wW-0001je-VK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:26:05 -0500 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:26:04 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:89476 Archived-At: When I run both in an xterm in an X windowing system and in a console with no X: $ /usr/local/src/emacs/src/emacs -Q -D --terminal we see emacs: Option `--terminal' requires an argument so the documentation in (info "(emacs)Initial Options") is wrong. It says: `-t DEVICE' `--terminal=DEVICE' Use DEVICE as the device for terminal input and output. `--terminal' implies `--no-window-system'. However, the following succeeds in both: `-nw' `--no-window-system' Don't communicate directly with the window system, disregarding the `DISPLAY' environment variable even if it is set. This means that Emacs uses the terminal from which it was launched for all its display and input. Today's GNU Emacs CVS snapshot, Mon, 2008 Feb 18 10:46 UTC GNU Emacs 23.0.60.5 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.5) -- Robert J. Chassell GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 bob@rattlesnake.com bob@gnu.org http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc