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bug#9248: 23.2; Welcome screen
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#9248: 23.2; Welcome screen |
Date: |
Sat, 18 Jan 2020 17:40:04 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
> I agree that this should be changed. I expect a splash screen to be
> shown only when I run a command without specifying any particular
> file. IME, this is what most other software does, and I see no reason
> why Emacs should be different.
Catching up on emacs-devel, there is a thread on this particular
issue... where Stefan Monnier points to the "Dismiss this startup
screen" button. That button quits the window and customizes
inhibit-startup-window to t. This code seems to have been introduced
in 2007 by Chong Yidong (commit 22a58255).
Of course, I have never seen that button over the years. I find that
your brain learns to filter out splash screens completely after a
while, which incidentally makes displaying them more often
counter-productive.
So, I don't think this changes my previous argument, but it does make
any need to change it less pressing.
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas