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Re: Sesquicolon -- Note: Not a Bug
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Sesquicolon -- Note: Not a Bug |
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Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:08:11 -0400 |
> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > It was suggested that just -batch with no other arguments
> > could do this.
>
> The '#!' mechanism would not result in -batch with no other arguments.
> The file name of the script is added to the end of the command line.
Sure, that's what was meant. `emacs -batch <file> would execute the
file in batch mode.
> Why do you need to reuse the "-batch" name?
Why not ?
> Can't it just be a new name, like "--batch-script"?
We could do that as well. Note that some systems have a limit of 32 chars
past which the #! things are ignored: your suggestion takes 14 chars,
which doesn't leave much to the "path to emacs plus space". The reuse
of --batch (and thus -b as well) is preferable from that point of view.
But of course, we could also use -B or whatever else we may fancy.
Stefan
Re: Sesquicolon -- Note: Not a Bug, Stefan Monnier, 2002/08/25