GNU bug report logs - #25671
Feature request: emacs -Q --script as a single binary

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 21:16:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 20682

Found in version 25.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 25671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 25671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25671: Feature request: emacs -Q --script as a single binary
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 11:45:55 -0500

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On 2017-02-10 10:02, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Cc: 25671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>
>> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 09:17:00 -0500
>>
>>> I believe changing the program behavior depending on how it was named
>>> in the command that invoked it is against GNU coding standards.
>>
>> What about providing elisp or emacs-script as a separate binary?
> 
> What about it?

Would that be OK? Could it work?  I thought it would make implementation simpler to just make the emacs binary ct differently based on how its invoked, but if that's not OK then could we distribute a separate "elisp" or "emacs-script" binary that can be used in a shebang line?


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