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Re: documentation typo: `--terminal' fails
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: documentation typo: `--terminal' fails |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:23:32 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) |
"Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden> writes:
> >> `-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.
The doc clearly says that --terminal requires 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'
The argument is not part of the option name.
> Perhaps this trouble is an ambiguity of the documentation?
There is no ambiguity in referring to the option as --terminal.
Andreas.
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