From unknown Sun Jun 22 11:34:10 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#14608: [feature request] option `--' for signifying end of options and beginning of the list of file names Resent-From: niku Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:50:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 14608 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 14608@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.13711385548819 (code B ref -1); Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:50:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jun 2013 15:49:14 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41666 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Un9lx-0002I9-4y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:49:14 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51287) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Un3Wp-0004yx-4Z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:09:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un3Wg-0005Vn-87 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:09:05 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:50176) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un3Wg-0005Vh-4h for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:09:02 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52968) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un3Wc-0004fB-9X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:09:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un3WX-0005Ti-Rj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:08:58 -0400 Received: from mail-ie0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c03::234]:46427) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un3WX-0005TF-KC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:08:53 -0400 Received: by mail-ie0-f180.google.com with SMTP id f4so20275253iea.25 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:08:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=HgFOjK/PK9qWc1zpWYtKcdZPqz0M44F4oWTHgf31w5A=; b=Q5lEfPsABApeOZl5/W2OtrHi3FAKW9s0IXCmHPLK+WtWkg/wWSg8SDQ4O2uloC6SWg dKuQbXO1gJ/pymjUi98vKqnL1nvl+Lez3/ahbqKIRrmtn2LhhDhGGHf7lOLSDccf3Kk3 kxqnWUKEXYLa0Qqaq4tlLth6OTEfje2uiZ9WO8aoH1/ON+ayI2NH+HFurf95b1LqRO6c KOTKnL0mnmLQcY+jg6Fvq+i4rMlvknwHESRvBg0WcCbNJIjh9ybxqu0VKc9SmxE8v1CU Kqt9vuqAU9LahY3ug/EAwyNYzGTdCX3lg8ZiRxraAh4Odb5HCZki7Fb526HPkiheq0hg mNhg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.176.166 with SMTP id cj6mr5356872igc.56.1371114532343; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:08:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.43.95.73 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:08:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:38:52 +0530 Message-ID: From: niku Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:49:11 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) Dear Emacs developers, Many GNU and *nix world programs have the option `--' to mean end of the list of options, and beginning of the list of file names. Examples: vim -- file1.txt file2.txt rm -- file.txt This has the added benefit that filenames with hyphen in the beginning of the name can be processed seamlessly, and without a security risk. Please consider adding the option to Emacs too. In Emacs, it works already in the X environment, but not in Linux console. (And it is not documented.) This will (i) add a useful and intuitive option to Emacs. (ii) it will displace nothing: there is no such option in Emacs, or in any proposed feature request. Further, this undocumented feature already works under the X environment. (iii) I imagine adding it will not be too much work for the developers! (i) make it consistent with other text editors, so script writers will not have to create a separate case for Emacs. Thanks for your consideration. This discussion arose as a result of a discussion here: http://ranger.carina.uberspace.de/qa/105/a-note-emacs-doesnt-recognize-the-option-in-the-console Yours faithfully, ~Vaibhav. In GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10) of 2012-09-09 on trouble, modified by Debian Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11204000 configured using `configure '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs23:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.4/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.4/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' '--with-crt-dir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall -DDEBIAN -O2' 'CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: en_IN value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1-unix default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: show-paren-mode: t display-battery-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t global-visual-line-mode: t visual-line-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: x r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g Recent messages: Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictem.el (source)...done Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)... Loading debian-ispell... Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...done Loading debian-ispell...done Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...done Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...done Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el (source)...done Loading battery...done For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. Load-path shadows: /usr/share/emacs/23.4/site-lisp/debian-startup hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell hides /usr/share/emacs/23.4/lisp/textmodes/ispell /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell hides /usr/share/emacs/23.4/lisp/textmodes/flyspell Features: (shadow sort mail-extr message sendmail regexp-opt ecomplete rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec password-cache mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mailcap mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 qp ietf-drums mailabbrev nnheader gnus-util netrc time-date mm-util mail-prsvr gmm-utils wid-edit mailheader canlock sha1 hex-util hashcash mail-utils emacsbug paren battery cus-start cus-load emacs-goodies-el emacs-goodies-custom emacs-goodies-loaddefs easy-mmode tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd font-setting tool-bar dnd fontset image fringe lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mldrag mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev loaddefs button minibuffer faces cus-face files text-properties overlay md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind system-font-setting font-render-setting gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs) From unknown Sun Jun 22 11:34:10 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.503 (Entity 5.503) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: niku Subject: bug#14608: closed (Re: bug#14608: [feature request] option `--' for signifying end of options and beginning of the list of file names) Message-ID: References: X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 14608 X-Gnu-PR-Package: emacs Reply-To: 14608@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:00:06 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1371146406-26653-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1371146406-26653-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #14608: [feature request] option `--' for signifying end of options and beg= inning of the list of file names which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 14608@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 14608: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D14608 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1371146406-26653-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 14608-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jun 2013 17:59:51 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41932 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnBoM-0006v1-W3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:59:51 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:46858 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnBoL-0006un-42 for 14608-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:59:49 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnBoK-0002h1-4R; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:59:48 -0400 From: Glenn Morris To: 14608-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#14608: [feature request] option `--' for signifying end of options and beginning of the list of file names References: X-Spook: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad president BATF bluebird Dateline kibo X-Ran: F/G_mp6Cs (niku's message of "Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:38:52 +0530") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -5.4 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 14608-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.4 (-----) Version: 24.4 That was just a bug. Fixed. ------------=_1371146406-26653-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jun 2013 15:49:14 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41666 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Un9lx-0002I9-4y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:49:14 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51287) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Un3Wp-0004yx-4Z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:09:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un3Wg-0005Vn-87 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:09:05 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:50176) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un3Wg-0005Vh-4h for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:09:02 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52968) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un3Wc-0004fB-9X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:09:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un3WX-0005Ti-Rj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:08:58 -0400 Received: from mail-ie0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c03::234]:46427) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un3WX-0005TF-KC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:08:53 -0400 Received: by mail-ie0-f180.google.com with SMTP id f4so20275253iea.25 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:08:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=HgFOjK/PK9qWc1zpWYtKcdZPqz0M44F4oWTHgf31w5A=; b=Q5lEfPsABApeOZl5/W2OtrHi3FAKW9s0IXCmHPLK+WtWkg/wWSg8SDQ4O2uloC6SWg dKuQbXO1gJ/pymjUi98vKqnL1nvl+Lez3/ahbqKIRrmtn2LhhDhGGHf7lOLSDccf3Kk3 kxqnWUKEXYLa0Qqaq4tlLth6OTEfje2uiZ9WO8aoH1/ON+ayI2NH+HFurf95b1LqRO6c KOTKnL0mnmLQcY+jg6Fvq+i4rMlvknwHESRvBg0WcCbNJIjh9ybxqu0VKc9SmxE8v1CU Kqt9vuqAU9LahY3ug/EAwyNYzGTdCX3lg8ZiRxraAh4Odb5HCZki7Fb526HPkiheq0hg mNhg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.176.166 with SMTP id cj6mr5356872igc.56.1371114532343; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:08:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.43.95.73 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:08:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:38:52 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: [feature request] option `--' for signifying end of options and beginning of the list of file names From: niku To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:49:11 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) Dear Emacs developers, Many GNU and *nix world programs have the option `--' to mean end of the list of options, and beginning of the list of file names. Examples: vim -- file1.txt file2.txt rm -- file.txt This has the added benefit that filenames with hyphen in the beginning of the name can be processed seamlessly, and without a security risk. Please consider adding the option to Emacs too. In Emacs, it works already in the X environment, but not in Linux console. (And it is not documented.) This will (i) add a useful and intuitive option to Emacs. (ii) it will displace nothing: there is no such option in Emacs, or in any proposed feature request. Further, this undocumented feature already works under the X environment. (iii) I imagine adding it will not be too much work for the developers! (i) make it consistent with other text editors, so script writers will not have to create a separate case for Emacs. Thanks for your consideration. This discussion arose as a result of a discussion here: http://ranger.carina.uberspace.de/qa/105/a-note-emacs-doesnt-recognize-the-option-in-the-console Yours faithfully, ~Vaibhav. In GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10) of 2012-09-09 on trouble, modified by Debian Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11204000 configured using `configure '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs23:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.4/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.4/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' '--with-crt-dir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall -DDEBIAN -O2' 'CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: en_IN value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1-unix default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: show-paren-mode: t display-battery-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t global-visual-line-mode: t visual-line-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: x r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g Recent messages: Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictem.el (source)...done Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)... Loading debian-ispell... Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...done Loading debian-ispell...done Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...done Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...done Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el (source)...done Loading battery...done For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. Load-path shadows: /usr/share/emacs/23.4/site-lisp/debian-startup hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell hides /usr/share/emacs/23.4/lisp/textmodes/ispell /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell hides /usr/share/emacs/23.4/lisp/textmodes/flyspell Features: (shadow sort mail-extr message sendmail regexp-opt ecomplete rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec password-cache mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mailcap mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 qp ietf-drums mailabbrev nnheader gnus-util netrc time-date mm-util mail-prsvr gmm-utils wid-edit mailheader canlock sha1 hex-util hashcash mail-utils emacsbug paren battery cus-start cus-load emacs-goodies-el emacs-goodies-custom emacs-goodies-loaddefs easy-mmode tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd font-setting tool-bar dnd fontset image fringe lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mldrag mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev loaddefs button minibuffer faces cus-face files text-properties overlay md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind system-font-setting font-render-setting gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs) ------------=_1371146406-26653-1-- From unknown Sun Jun 22 11:34:10 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#14608: closed References: In-Reply-To: Resent-From: niku Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:31:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14608 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 14608@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 14608-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14608.137116621213321 (code B ref 14608); Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:31:02 +0000 Received: (at 14608) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jun 2013 23:30:12 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42478 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnGy3-0003Sm-Cu for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:30:11 -0400 Received: from mail-ie0-f170.google.com ([209.85.223.170]:42158) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnGxy-0003RW-IS for 14608@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:30:08 -0400 Received: by mail-ie0-f170.google.com with SMTP id e11so12370612iej.29 for <14608@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:30:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=5pwxKF2NUQC/vRl0hOPxO6g7BwFl+eD469TvZ129hwc=; b=qTYRFIWgcePVWnZ1o9/fdLqDQfww+wIZoHQ1OspaUT/G6kx5UwD5d4aMPEq8QnvAes YRD662PjtaAtWI9ozxheWcbmXnUTx2o1ROuZnvSzjgud5vpgIfXlv9NwbISplLZswkWS KMxVj9ZEDcVvzN3f8Ri726utWUR2TMkj6pijxUkvKpMKc183GnFKQGrU1dqScCiLyrlG mfy3AlvUkbdd7U9SzfoMMAviSdgA0CIV9KMC2ndOKNa6f7J7kwdrwJIIrKGVKi7VNwJz 6848B6UleAxi1uGImtmm/MAvUmZUoSHtNLagbUBkycJW359RZhe6qwAI+VK/MjLSxxZS ODOQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.3.37 with SMTP id 5mr1437678igz.0.1371166200777; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:30:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.43.95.73 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:30:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 +0530 Message-ID: From: niku Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) Thanks! Please update the documentation too. From unknown Sun Jun 22 11:34:10 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#14608: closed Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14608 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: niku Cc: 14608@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 14608-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14608.137116705914982 (code B ref 14608); Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:45:02 +0000 Received: (at 14608) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jun 2013 23:44:19 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42502 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnHBi-0003tZ-SX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:44:19 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:52208 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnHBh-0003tR-1q for 14608@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:44:17 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnHBf-00034q-VN; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:44:16 -0400 From: Glenn Morris References: X-Spook: kibo military SSL Vickie Weaver sweep warfare BRLO diwn X-Ran: q=@08/Zh}ioF)(w2~YKL#uu7B&KyUbS9Dq[Rx:(cR\5QX9*^D=o]8YIj'y~'`cp7r5DLj{ X-Hue: yellow X-Attribution: GM Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:44:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: (niku's message of "Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 +0530") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -5.4 (-----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.4 (-----) niku wrote: > Thanks! Please update the documentation too. It is already documented. C-h i m emacs RET m Emacs Invocation RET As with most programs, the special argument `--' says that all subsequent arguments are file names, not options, even if they start with `-'. From unknown Sun Jun 22 11:34:10 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#14608: closed Resent-From: niku Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14608 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Glenn Morris Cc: 14608@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 14608-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14608.137116885418594 (code B ref 14608); Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:15:02 +0000 Received: (at 14608) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jun 2013 00:14:14 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42542 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnHeg-0004pm-BJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:14:14 -0400 Received: from mail-ie0-f181.google.com ([209.85.223.181]:63586) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnHee-0004pV-0D for 14608@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:14:12 -0400 Received: by mail-ie0-f181.google.com with SMTP id x12so9271927ief.26 for <14608@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:14:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=t++JJxLT4dwIqS2x/RpU4U5xM6KRmiQxVc+BRKIeMiY=; b=L9uH2qjs7gzLq1UeK1Uf1+KGEPXYpxFx/FGIX6Q/FZHksdIgNUcgjQ82REG06vgJfM dOHozE1JrhSMeeBG3oeK4Mc2ax3Ardla5PqjNgWM5g1wThR/PzZkES0fB3c9BYuvoWBa 29AoHmADHb/Ix02RmDANF0OPHnFkD4lp6IJiGzP1Hw6Aj9gVKhk0+5JeQgxq8zytUwb7 CTXlDQAoiFRFDcYQCND/+h39HS0/ocaUEAawnXVysIKI9Wc9EN2O0wwwk4sw6Fq6W/Ut i2T+S9Yaj5Q9h/fAzSLxFl19Cql5qdF6C5EuUzcWsZTMyN0OQgWA+xNzKu2AlSRzMEGa CGYQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.128.134 with SMTP id no6mr6857885igb.10.1371168846364; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:14:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.43.95.73 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:14:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:44:06 +0530 Message-ID: From: niku Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) Thanks for replying. It isn=E2=80=99t present in the info pages installed i= n v. 23.4.1, Debian 7.0. However, that is a Debian problem, as Debian=E2=80= =99s online info pages mention it.=E2=80=A0 I will inform the Debian package maintainers. =E2=80=A0 http://www.cs.vassar.edu/cgi-bin/info2www?(emacs22/emacs)Emacs+In= vocation From unknown Sun Jun 22 11:34:10 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#14608: closed Resent-From: niku Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:55:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14608 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 14608@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 14608-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14608.137117488531246 (code B ref 14608); Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:55:02 +0000 Received: (at 14608) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jun 2013 01:54:45 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42679 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnJDw-00087r-H2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:54:44 -0400 Received: from mail-ie0-f178.google.com ([209.85.223.178]:40217) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnJDu-00087e-Aw for 14608@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:54:43 -0400 Received: by mail-ie0-f178.google.com with SMTP id u16so126036iet.23 for <14608@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:54:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hTAvQTGkV8lMZfIIjWRfj4LxopZI9VI5HJ4qH7gZppw=; b=kepjC+aA4VA5ZDxHbMocht/szXhQteZ+/u5IlCffQwyM7GjIPkCiRwkRDzZUyu64VN D8L02zu/TFG50WHv6vO33PCdnUjuBV9myWnEMtzk4wj7iISflSgSQqyVRG0XgdZUSomF Z9GF32AJcuJYNNFAW4VQsxEaIh7wTCL8yq2OtIUhtx6b5eRwr1ryNl+4HWSA+VCFT2IE TboPD4d6VqKPyEbE64A5FPUGESvt7+VBZNxhuuhfif+Bdj9VmHIOSXeMFhuV6nsOTzFi 2j73Ht6uNcurTF6ZViOTVjLkpN7wycBsTweqJXIw+RZ0fxyhklUCJPX32/+Xn873h3PJ sNtw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.39.101 with SMTP id o5mr51556igk.56.1371174876398; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:54:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.43.95.73 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:54:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:24:36 +0530 Message-ID: From: niku Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) Actually, I did not have the full documentation installed as Debian considers GNU Free Documentation License not free enough. Full documentation is available via package: emacs23-common-non-dfsg The documentation installed by default is a mini version of it: =91Emacs FAQ=92, via the package: emacs23-common. http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/emacs23-common-non-dfsg