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22.2.1 emacs -Q should not turn on font-lock

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (Emacs bug Tracking System)
To: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
Subject: bug#2235 closed by Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> (Re:
 bug#2235: 22.2.1 emacs -Q should not turn on font-lock)
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:30:04 +0000

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This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report
which was filed against the emacs package:

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

It has been closed by Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
Cc: 2235-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2235: 22.2.1 emacs -Q should not turn on font-lock
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:24:09 -0500

> Not just debugging. When other programs call for $EDITOR, the typical
> value is for emacs users is:

>     EDITOR="emacs -Q -nw"

> beacuse most want the editor to start in these cases as fast as
> possible.

I'm not sure where you got the idea that the above is typical.
"-Q" didn't exist before Emacs-22, so it must a recent form of
"typical".  If speed is an issue, the recommendation is rather to use
emacsclient, which will work even better in Emacs-23.

The real problem you're experiencing is that Emacs apparently cannot
reliably determine the background color of your terminal (it can do that
for recent `xterm' IIRC), so it might think it's dark whereas your
is light.


        Stefan

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From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
To: Emacs bug BTS <submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: 22.2.1 emacs -Q should not turn on font-lock
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:53:59 +0200

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Doing a quick bare bones editing of file:

  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.

[1] Debian; mrxvt 0.5.3-2 terminal
http://packages.debian.org/mrxvt

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