Subject: bug#2235: 22.2.1 emacs -Q should not turn on font-lock

From: Jari Aalto <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:51:29 +0200

Lennart Borgman <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Jari Aalto <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  emacs -Q  README
>>>>
>>>> On a white terminal[1], the results are unreadable. Please deactivate
>>>> font-lock when --no-site-file (as in -Q) option is specified.
>>>
>>> Seems to me like it is better to fix the colors used.
>>
>> That's good, but is only secondary problem.
>>
>> Please refrain from turning on additional features when "bare bones"
>> (-Q) program behavior is asked.
>
> Font lock mode is on by default since Emacs 22.

"By default" I read it "as programs sarts without any other options".

I think it is reasonable to expect that features are reduced, like
font-lock, with option "-Q" to give "bare bones" program start.

Jari