From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs -Q not documented Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:47:45 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20050406.104501.107253615.wl@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112781308 493 80.91.229.2 (6 Apr 2005 09:55:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:55:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 06 11:55:06 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJ7Ey-0001ms-UX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:54:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJ6o3-000544-6M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 05:26:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DJ6l4-0003jK-Lf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 05:23:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJ6l2-0003gE-5w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 05:23:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DJ79E-0005ZX-Ut for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 05:48:33 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DJ78Z-0004gA-Kd; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 05:47:51 -0400 Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: (Kim F. Storm's message of "Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:28:28 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:35617 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35617 storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > Werner LEMBERG writes: > >> Well, -Q has definitely its merits, especially for reporting bugs. >> After seeing this discussion I still think that my `--bare' proposal >> is not that bad: The -Q options really strips off all features you >> would normally like to have for daily work. > > Yes, --bare-bones or --no-frills seem like good candidates, too. --bare-bones seems ok. But things like menus are not "frills", and we don't want to spread that impression. I don't want to get bug reports from people that did not bother using the help menu or tutorial announced on the splash screen because they decided from the manual page that they were not the type of person interested in frills. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum