Re: 23.0.60; Feature request: Menu item "load init files" after -q/-Q

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:03:59 +0200
> > From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden>
> > CC: Reiner Steib <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> >
> > > If a non-trivial .emacs is loaded after Emacs starts, the effect might
> > > be different from the same .emacs loaded at startup, due to the stage
> > > of the startup sequence where .emacs is normally loaded.  This could
> > > surprise users, unless we write a special load function that takes
> > > care of these subtleties.
> > But is not that an argument in favor of the menu item then?
>
> I don't see how what I wrote could be in favor or against the menu
> item.
>
> What I tried to say was that a simple (load "~/.emacs") is not what
> this feature should do, whether from the menu bar or from some other
> place.

Yes, that is what I meant. Maybe there should be a function doing what 
is required then. And placing that on the menu is rather natural then IMO.