From 33b0dcb887bdd2e2157f2066b059626949b83c03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:18:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Disabling): Document that .emacs is not edited from "emacs -q". --- man/custom.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/custom.texi b/man/custom.texi index f183580b703..e8af8e7953c 100644 --- a/man/custom.texi +++ b/man/custom.texi @@ -2002,6 +2002,12 @@ file directly or with the command @kbd{M-x disable-command}, which edits the @file{.emacs} file for you. Likewise, @kbd{M-x enable-command} edits @file{.emacs} to enable a command permanently. @xref{Init File}. + If Emacs was invoked with the @option{-q} or @option{--no-init-file} +options (@pxref{Initial Options}), it will not edit your +@file{~/.emacs} init file. This is because editing the init file from +such a session might overwrite the lines you might have on your init +file which enable and disable commands. + Whether a command is disabled is independent of what key is used to invoke it; disabling also applies if the command is invoked using @kbd{M-x}. Disabling a command has no effect on calling it as a -- 2.39.5