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emacsclient help text clarification

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (Emacs bug Tracking System)
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Subject: bug#3048: marked as done (emacsclient help text clarification)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:00:03 +0000

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has caused the Emacs bug report #3048,
regarding emacsclient help text clarification
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From: Brandon Maister <bwmaister <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: emacsclient help text clarification
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:41:37 -0400

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Hey I was trying to use the new emacsclient -a option, and it took me
a few minutes to figure out that I was supposed to put `-a emacs' in
there. (instead of just emacsclient -a myfile)

It seems like other people might be less confused in the future if you
were to add the line:

         ARGUMENTS required for long OPTIONS are required for short OPTIONS too.

to the `emacsclient --help' output. So I did that and am sending it to
you. (I couldn't figure out what the capitalization is supposed to
mean, so that might look insane to you, but other than that.)

Thanks for a great thing,
brandon maister

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Brandon Maister <bwmaister <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 3048-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacsclient help text clarification
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:55:51 -0400

> Hey I was trying to use the new emacsclient -a option, and it took me
> a few minutes to figure out that I was supposed to put `-a emacs' in
> there. (instead of just emacsclient -a myfile)

I've tweaked the --help message so that this should be a little more
obvious.

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