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Re: documentation typo: `--terminal' fails
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Robert J. Chassell |
Subject: |
Re: documentation typo: `--terminal' fails |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:50:38 +0000 (UTC) |
>> `-t DEVICE'
>> `--terminal=DEVICE'
>> Use DEVICE as the device for terminal input and output.
>> `--terminal' implies `--no-window-system'.
> In which way is this wrong?
> It fails to run Emacs although
> $ /usr/local/src/emacs/src/emacs -Q -D --no-window-system
> does.
Because you forgot the DEVICE argument, which is clearly required
according to the documentation you quoted.
No, the documentation clearly says that
`--terminal' implies `--no-window-system'
and neither `--terminal' nor `--no-window-system' say they need an argument.
If the `--terminal' for `--no-window-system' needed a DEVICE argument
I would expect it to say
`--terminal=DEVICE' implies `--no-window-system'
but it does not.
Perhaps this trouble is an ambiguity of the documentation?
> It fails to run Emacs although
In which way does it fail when used as documented?
>
> $ /usr/local/src/emacs/src/emacs -Q -D --no-window-system
>
> does.
Does what?
/usr/local/src/emacs/src/emacs -Q -D --no-window-system
runs an instance of Emacs.
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