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23.0.60; Feature request: Menu item "load init files" after -q/-Q

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib <at> gmx.de>
Subject: bug#108: 23.0.60; Feature request: Menu item "load init files" after -q/-Q
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:54:14 +0200

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane <at> imap.cc> writes:

> when XEmacs is started with `--vanilla' or `-q', it displays an item
> "Load init files" in the menu bar.  The name of the command in XEmacs
> is `load-user-init-file'.
>
> Maybe Emacs should do have something similar.  I'm not sure about
> where to add it. Maybe a menu entry in the Options menu and a tool bar
> button?

Hm...  I'm not quite sure what the use case here is.  I mean, if you say
"-q" or "-Q", it's because you want an Emacs without any
customisations.  So why would you then load ~/.emacs?

Hm...  OK...  I could see that it could help with debugging the init
file, for instance.  You'd (setq debug-on-error t) or whatever and then
hit the load button.  But...  if you're doing that, you're probably
better off just `M-x eval-buffer' in ~/.emacs.

So I'm not sure.  Anybody got an opinion?

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