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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/cmdargs.texi


From: Richard M . Stallman
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/cmdargs.texi
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 06:57:18 -0500

Index: emacs/man/cmdargs.texi
diff -c emacs/man/cmdargs.texi:1.79 emacs/man/cmdargs.texi:1.80
*** emacs/man/cmdargs.texi:1.79 Fri Aug 27 23:40:15 2004
--- emacs/man/cmdargs.texi      Fri Dec  3 11:30:11 2004
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*** 204,220 ****
  @item -batch
  @opindex --batch
  @itemx --batch
! Run Emacs in @dfn{batch mode}, which means that the text being edited is
! not displayed and the standard terminal interrupt characters such as
! @kbd{C-z} and @kbd{C-c} continue to have their normal effect.  Emacs in
! batch mode outputs to @code{stderr} only what would normally be displayed
! in the echo area under program control, and functions which would
! normally read from the minibuffer take their input from @code{stdin}.
! 
! Batch mode is used for running programs written in Emacs Lisp from
! shell scripts, makefiles, and so on.  Normally the @samp{-l} option
! or @samp{-f} option will be used as well, to invoke a Lisp program
! to do the batch processing.
  
  @samp{--batch} implies @samp{-q} (do not load an init file).  It also
  causes Emacs to exit after processing all the command options.  In
--- 204,221 ----
  @item -batch
  @opindex --batch
  @itemx --batch
! Run Emacs in @dfn{batch mode}.  Batch mode is used for running
! programs written in Emacs Lisp from shell scripts, makefiles, and so
! on.  You should also use the @samp{-l} option or @samp{-f} option, to
! invoke a Lisp program to do batch processing.
! 
! In batch mode, Emacs does not display the text being edited, and the
! standard terminal interrupt characters such as @kbd{C-z} and @kbd{C-c}
! continue to have their normal effect.  The functions @code{prin1},
! @code{princ} and @code{print} output to @code{stdout} instead of the
! echo area, while @code{message} and error messages output to
! @code{stderr}.  Functions that would normally read from the minibuffer
! take their input from @code{stdin} instead.
  
  @samp{--batch} implies @samp{-q} (do not load an init file).  It also
  causes Emacs to exit after processing all the command options.  In




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