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24.4; --insert command-line switch does not behave as documented

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From: vampyrebat <at> gmail.com
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.4; --insert command-line switch does not behave as documented
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:48:33 -0600

The emacs info manual states that the command-line option --insert=FILE
will "Insert the contents of FILE into the `*scratch*' buffer."
However, whether this option works as documented depends on where it
appears in the command line.  Thus:

emacs --insert=file1 file2

brings up file2 in a buffer with that name, and places the contents of
file1 in *scratch*, as documented.  But:

emacs file1 --insert=file2

which the documentation states should put file1 in a buffer with that
name and the contents of file2 in *scratch*, instead brings up a buffer
with file1's name, containing the contents of file2 followed by the
contents of file1, and leaves *scratch* empty.



In GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
 of 2015-01-10 on evo
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11204000
Configured using:
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Message #10 received at 19694-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: vampyrebat <at> gmail.com
Cc: 19694-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19694: 24.4;
 --insert command-line switch does not behave as documented
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:44:01 +0200

> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:48:33 -0600
> From: vampyrebat <at> gmail.com
> 
> The emacs info manual states that the command-line option --insert=FILE
> will "Insert the contents of FILE into the `*scratch*' buffer."
> However, whether this option works as documented depends on where it
> appears in the command line.  Thus:
> 
> emacs --insert=file1 file2
> 
> brings up file2 in a buffer with that name, and places the contents of
> file1 in *scratch*, as documented.  But:
> 
> emacs file1 --insert=file2
> 
> which the documentation states should put file1 in a buffer with that
> name and the contents of file2 in *scratch*, instead brings up a buffer
> with file1's name, containing the contents of file2 followed by the
> contents of file1, and leaves *scratch* empty.

Thanks, I fixed the manual.  ("emacs --help" described this option
correctly.)

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