From unknown Fri Aug 15 15:27:13 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#19694 <19694@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#19694 <19694@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 24.4; --insert command-line switch does not behave as documented Reply-To: bug#19694 <19694@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:27:13 +0000 retitle 19694 24.4; --insert command-line switch does not behave as documen= ted reassign 19694 emacs submitter 19694 vampyrebat@gmail.com severity 19694 minor thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jan 26 11:47:05 2015 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jan 2015 16:47:05 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57226 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YFmoa-0008IL-M7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:47:05 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49688) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YFafQ-0004xj-Rl for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:48:49 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YFafK-0004l6-7H for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:48:43 -0500 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, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:40322) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YFafK-0004l2-4G for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:48:42 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51409) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YFafI-0000sj-BS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:48:42 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YFafG-0004jp-Tc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:48:40 -0500 Received: from mail-oi0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::233]:43745) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YFafG-0004jh-Mw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:48:38 -0500 Received: by mail-oi0-f51.google.com with SMTP id x69so5474746oia.10 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:48:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject; bh=KoqAXeC5UEcN2Yc+LfI8/LeSiRLaLB6nex8iGqWmvxU=; b=gG9T/RWQXRZYgDUNCiuaFz51lIQzrhTsf9Jq1NsH3dJ/bmPvEAKrZbNaPVX3Fl4wbk dOA6iZYKD5BY1afiUYuILuRP9KFBKmJBTpdXdBNXbCxRFuKjQCwQVzsypdKYO+TU9wvV d+nYbizvRzBhO7mxylP+GrL2dPJOWt1GzaxsJ6AYd8TkkoQHZ/ofhcpfJkpjQ0Vzw8PZ BapDqxIWJNgSkPKzPMLtLjHCd2ZXEY9o33tsLYxXaatT2RE/r1xfq714zt4WyBOQ4q40 HMm0F5CyYbhEP3wN6rNJ5dcxihPSPxDEEYe9m4z4RuqnjrZbSKsce5vjosKu0T8VAX50 7VHQ== X-Received: by 10.182.48.137 with SMTP id l9mr11640940obn.43.1422244117392; Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:48:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from evo ([2605:6000:ee4a:2900:6250:c93b:e4d4:b4bc]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id o5sm4748757obz.9.2015.01.25.19.48.34 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:48:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54c5b914.6556b60a.5bb6.3a48@mx.google.com> Received: by evo (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:48:33 -0600 Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:48:33 -0600 From: vampyrebat@gmail.com To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 24.4; --insert command-line switch does not behave as documented 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: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:47:01 -0500 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: -4.0 (----) 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: `configure --prefix=/usr --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules --libdir=/usr/lib --program-suffix=-emacs-24 --infodir=/usr/share/info/emacs-24 --localstatedir=/var --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp --with-gameuser=games --without-compress-install --with-file-notification=inotify --enable-acl --with-dbus --without-gnutls --with-gpm --without-hesiod --without-kerberos --without-kerberos5 --without-xml2 --without-selinux --without-wide-int --with-zlib --with-sound=alsa --with-x --without-ns --without-gconf --without-gsettings --without-toolkit-scroll-bars --with-gif --with-jpeg --with-png --with-rsvg --with-tiff --with-xpm --without-imagemagick --without-xft --without-libotf --without-m17n-flt --with-x-toolkit=no GENTOO_PACKAGE=app-editors/emacs-24.4-r1 'CFLAGS=-O2 -march=native -pipe' CPPFLAGS= 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed'' Important settings: value of $LC_COLLATE: C value of $LANG: en_US locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1-unix Major mode: Fundamental Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t buffer-read-only: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: x r e p o SPC r SPC SPC SPC SPC Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. 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Features: (shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr emacsbug message format-spec rfc822 mml mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util help-fns mail-prsvr mail-utils help-mode easymenu site-gentoo time-date tooltip electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment lisp-mode prog-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar 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 minibuffer nadvice loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind inotify dynamic-setting x multi-tty emacs) Memory information: ((conses 8 73138 8078) (symbols 24 17526 0) (miscs 20 78 193) (strings 16 9187 4169) (string-bytes 1 255511) (vectors 8 9069) (vector-slots 4 381647 6050) (floats 8 66 281) (intervals 28 372 377) (buffers 512 13) (heap 1024 34691 462)) From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jan 26 12:44:26 2015 Received: (at 19694-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jan 2015 17:44:26 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57280 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YFni5-0001Nd-Mj for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:44:25 -0500 Received: from mtaout28.012.net.il ([80.179.55.184]:54578) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YFni1-0001NI-1Q for 19694-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:44:22 -0500 Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout28.012.net.il by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NIS00300P2LOC00@mtaout28.012.net.il> for 19694-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:42:22 +0200 (IST) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NIS00LXEP6LTI60@mtaout28.012.net.il>; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:42:22 +0200 (IST) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:44:01 +0200 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: bug#19694: 24.4; --insert command-line switch does not behave as documented In-reply-to: <54c5b914.6556b60a.5bb6.3a48@mx.google.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il To: vampyrebat@gmail.com Message-id: <83wq49phcu.fsf@gnu.org> References: <54c5b914.6556b60a.5bb6.3a48@mx.google.com> X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19694-done Cc: 19694-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii 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: 1.0 (+) > Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:48:33 -0600 > From: vampyrebat@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.) From unknown Fri Aug 15 15:27:13 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator