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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 25670 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 25670 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com
Subject: Re: bug#25670: Feature request: ignore --help in --script mode
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 12:36:25 -0500

Clément Pit--Claudel wrote:

> $ emacs -Q --batch --eval '(print argv)' -- --help
> ("--" "--help")

If you can train your users to insert -- before --help, you could get
them to use any other flag for help. And if you are inserting the -- for
them, you are already using a wrapper.
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