Re: Next release

[David Kastrup]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup writes:
>
>  > Anyway, until Emacs is mapped, startup messages could appear on stderr.
>  > That is no help when started without a terminal, but would be reasonable
>  > in many cases, including Emacs in a tty.
>
> FWIW, XEmacs users complain a lot about startup messages on stderr in
> the rare cases they appear.

I'd propose hitting them with a clue stick, but of course that's
strenuous.

So thanks for that data point.  It would appear the pseudo-splash screen
with a single-line message area in a fixed small font would be the
safest best till now.

And stderr for ttys, I guess.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum