bug#2235: 22.2.1 emacs -Q should not turn on font-lock

[Kevin Rodgers]

Jari Aalto wrote:
> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> wrote:
> > > > >  emacs -Q  README
> > > > >
> > > > > On a white terminal[1], the results are unreadable. Please deactivate
> > > > > font-lock when --no-site-file (as in -Q) option is specified.
> > > > Seems to me like it is better to fix the colors used.
> > > That's good, but is only secondary problem.
> > >
> > > Please refrain from turning on additional features when "bare bones"
> > > (-Q) program behavior is asked.
> > Font lock mode is on by default since Emacs 22.
>
> "By default" I read it "as programs sarts without any other options".

Think of it as "without any customizations".

> I think it is reasonable to expect that features are reduced, like
> font-lock, with option "-Q" to give "bare bones" program start.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA