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bug#72169: emacs --user documentation


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: bug#72169: emacs --user documentation
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:57:58 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 01:32:31 -0700
> Cc: 72169-done@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
> >> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:24:52 +0800
> >>
> >> $ man emacs
> >>     -u user, --user=user
> >>                       Load user's init file.
> >>
> >> Add:
> >>         instead of yours.
> >> Or:
> >>         in addition to yours.
> >
> > See "emacs --help" and the Emacs user manual for a better description.
> >
> > I don't see a need to invest efforts in making the man page better.
> > We prefer the Info manual and the on-line help for a reason.
> >
> > So I'm closing this bug report.
> 
> I installed a change to add the words "instead of your own", which is
> the same text as in "emacs --help".

Thanks for upholding my opinions.





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