[6575] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.1H: emacs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Dec 9 18:08:23 1990
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 90 18:08:10 EST
From: Raul Acevedo <acevedo@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
System name: w20-575-96
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.1H
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
Using emacs in batch mode.
What's wrong:
The man page says that there is a "commandfile" argument to the -batch
option. This is not true. As far as I can tell, specifying a
"commandfile" after -batch doesn't do anything, and from looking around
the emacs code, this is simply a man page mistake.
What should have happened:
The man page shouldn't say anything about any arguments with the -batch
option.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
man emacs:
-batch commandfile
Edit in batch mode using the commands found in
commandfile. The editor will send messages to
stdout. This option must be the first in the argu-
ment list.
