Re: Interesting handling of command line arguments
>>>> "Valdis" == Valdis Kletnieks
<Valdis.Kletnieks(a)vt.edu> writes:
Valdis> On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 20:15:58 +0900, "Stephen J. Turnbull"
Valdis> said:
> Uh-uh. Unless -batch was given (and maybe -eval or -funcall,
> ie an attempt to perform a possibly destructive operation), I
> see no good reason for not invoking the editor, and displaying
> a warning. Maybe it should push the offending argument on the
> find file history, just for kicks.
Valdis> Can I nominate this for the Steve Baur Defaults That Suck
Valdis> Award? ;)
Er, what's wrong with an interactive editor that defaults to
interactive editing? Supposedly we deprecate invoking XEmacs with any
command line arguments at all.
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