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Re: [O] How to safely update from ver. 8.2.10 to 8.3.x
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Cook, Malcolm |
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Re: [O] How to safely update from ver. 8.2.10 to 8.3.x |
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Mon, 22 Aug 2016 22:13:47 +0000 |
> > I would not trust the result from failing to drop the -Q since the -Q is
> > what
> prevents your init file from loading, which we are explicitly trying to avoid
> for the sake of compiling org in a fresh environment.
> >
> According to [[info:emacs#Initial Options]], --batch implies -q.
> About -q and -Q, we have:
>
> ‘-q’
> ‘--no-init-file’
> Do not load any initialization file (*note Init File::). When
> Emacs is invoked with this option, the Customize facility does not
> allow options to be saved (*note Easy Customization::). This
> option does not disable loading ‘site-start.el’.
> [...]
> ‘-Q’
> ‘--quick’
> Start emacs with minimum customizations. This is similar to using
> ‘-q’, ‘--no-site-file’, ‘--no-site-lisp’, and ‘--no-splash’
> together. This also stops Emacs from processing X resources by
> setting ‘inhibit-x-resources’ to ‘t’ (*note Resources::).
Aha - thanks for the rundown.....
>
> So --batch implies -q, which is enough to bypass init.el. -Q is
> stronger than -q: it adds ‘--no-site-file’, ‘--no-site-lisp’, and
> ‘--no-splash’ and inibits X resources. But AFAIK, only my init.el
> loads Org, and not site-start.el, which is empty here, or any Lisp
> file in a site-lisp directory. I searched every file in
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp for "org" and I didn't find any line that
> loads Org.
>
> I am an Emacs beginner though, so I may be wrong.
I'm now figuring you're right.
>
> --