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bug#15335: emacs -Q usability


From: Stefan Kangas
Subject: bug#15335: emacs -Q usability
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:21:39 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> writes:

> Emacs -Q opening with scratch buffer is a mistake in most cases.
>
> Please make Emacs star as general purpose Editor, preferably with an empty 
> buffer,
> in text- or fundamental mode, where use may see it's input, being offered to 
> save it etc.
>
> See also
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18734848/choosing-an-all-purpose-editor/18735853

Do new users generally run "emacs -Q" though?  I would have assumed
that they either just run "emacs" (probably from a menu somewhere), or
"emacs <file>".

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas






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