Re: documentation typo: `--terminal' fails

[Andreas Schwab]

"Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden> writes:

> When I run both in an xterm in an X windowing system and in a console
> with no X:
>
>     $ /usr/local/src/emacs/src/emacs -Q -D --terminal
>
> we see
>
>     emacs: Option `--terminal' requires an argument
>
> so the documentation in
>
>     (info "(emacs)Initial Options")
>
> is wrong.  It says:
>
>     `-t DEVICE'
>     `--terminal=DEVICE'
>          Use DEVICE as the device for terminal input and output.
>          `--terminal' implies `--no-window-system'.

In which way is this wrong?

Andreas.

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