Re: Scratch buffer annoyance

[Richard Stallman]

    > As I understand it, part of the idea of this change is that
    > there won't BE a *scratch* buffer if you don't request it
    > in `initial-buffer-contents'.

    Certainly not at startup.  But I use a Lisp mode *scratch* buffer
    regularly in the normal work.

It is totally straightforward to set that up in .emacs, so I don't
think we need to set it up in this option.