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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>
Cc: 25671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25671: Feature request: emacs -Q --script as a single binary
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:58:29 +0200

> Cc: 25671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>
> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 11:45:55 -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?

Yes, it will.  Although distributing two large binaries might be
overkill.  (All that just to make shell scripts slightly simpler?)
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