* lisp/startup.el (command-line-1): Allow `-L :...' to append to load-path.

* doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi (Action Arguments): Mention that `-L :...' appends.

* etc/NEWS: Mention this.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 79047e3285b..7f051e751e5 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-11-04  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * cmdargs.texi (Action Arguments): Mention that `-L :...' appends.
+
 2013-11-02  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * cmdargs.texi (Action Arguments): Clarify `-L' a bit.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi b/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi
index 1ef6529f295..d0f5f1e06b1 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ Prepend directory @var{dir} to the variable @code{load-path}.
 If you specify multiple @samp{-L} options, Emacs preserves the
 relative order; i.e., using @samp{-L /foo -L /bar} results in
 a @code{load-path} of the form @code{("/foo" "/bar" @dots{})}.
+If @var{dir} begins with @samp{:}, Emacs removes the @samp{:} and
+appends (rather than prepends) the remainder to @code{load-path}.
 
 @item -f @var{function}
 @opindex -f