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22.2.1 emacs -Q should not turn on font-lock

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 11:00:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#2235: 22.2.1 emacs -Q should not turn on font-lock
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:16:52 -0700

Jari Aalto wrote:
> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net> 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".

Think of it as "without any customizations".

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

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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