GNU Emacs Manual - Initial Options Go to the first , previous , next , last section, table of contents . The initial options specify parameters for the Emacs session.
Some initial options affect the loading of init files.
Emacs in batch mode outputs to stderr only what would normally be printed in the echo area under program control. Batch mode is used for running programs written in Emacs Lisp from shell scripts, makefiles, and so on. It also causes Emacs to kill itself after all command options have been processed. In addition, auto-saving is not done except in buffers for which it has been explicitly requested. Go to the first , previous , next , last section, table of contents .