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23.0.60; Unexpected splash screen
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Stephen Berman |
Subject: |
23.0.60; Unexpected splash screen |
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Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:11:52 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0)
of 2008-05-29 on escher
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70200000
1. Start Emacs like this:[1]
emacs -q --eval '(calendar)'
Emacs starts with a frame containing vertically split windows, with
the buffers *scratch* above and *Calendar* (appropriately sized)
below.
2. Save the file /tmp/test.el with only this line:
(calendar)
3. Start a new Emacs session like this:
emacs -q -l /tmp/test.el
Emacs again starts with a frame containing vertically split windows,
with the buffer *scratch* above, but the lower window contains the
splash screen, yet its height is as in a normal *Calendar* window, so
most of the splash screen is truncated. Typing `q' then reveals the
Calendar.
I had hoped the above command line invocations of Emacs would produce
identical results, in particular, the one in 1.
Note too, that if ~/.emacs contains only the line `(calendar)', then
invoking Emacs just as `emacs' produces the same result as in 3. Here
too, I would expect and prefer the result in 1.
Similar effects occur with other commands that are executed during the
Emacs invocation. For example, doing step 1 with `(gnus)' instead of
`(calendar)' first shows the Gnus splash screen, then the Summary buffer
occupying the whole frame, i.e., no Emacs splash screen is seen. But
doing step 3 with /tmp/test.el containing just `(gnus)' again first
shows the Gnus splash screen, but then the Emacs splash screen appears.
After typing `q' the Gnus Summary buffer appears.
Steve Berman
Footnotes:
[1] I also have to include an -fn command line option to get an Emacs
frame under X, but I assume that is irrelevant to the behavior described
above.
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