GNU bug report logs - #25670
Feature request: ignore --help in --script mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>

Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 21:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>

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Message #11 received at 25670 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>
To: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>
Cc: 25670 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25670: Feature request: ignore --help in --script mode
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 10:05:20 -0500

On Thu, 9 Feb 2017 16:00:59 -0500 Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com> wrote: 

CP> More generally, could we guarantee that options that appear *after* "--script" aren't processed by Emacs itself (and instead left to the script)?  Or would that break things?

Typically I've seen "--" used to indicate the end of parseable options.
Would it help?

If so, I think it makes sense to support that in Emacs. There may be
other future uses of it besides scripting.

Ted
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