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Re: New start up splash screen annoyance...
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Leo |
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Re: New start up splash screen annoyance... |
Date: |
Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:24:49 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110007 Emacs/23.0.50 (20070919) Fedora 7 (gnu/linux) |
On 2007-09-20 00:46 +0100, Juri Linkov wrote:
>> My mind is made up that we must arrange that beginners who always
>> specify a file name argument mostly do see the splash screen
>> information. I'm willing to consider other ways of doing that
>> as long as I think they are effective.
>
> The least obtrusive way to show the important information for beginners is
> using the echo area message. It is quite reliable channel if we take
> precautions against overriding it with other messages (e.g. displaying it
> at the final stage of startup). A large message, as Kim suggested,
> can't go unnoticed. And clicking on it would display the full startup
> screen.
Back in the days when I was using proprietary software, I usually needed
to purchase a license to stop it from popping up a startup screen. It
would be helpful if we can do the same.
--
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- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., (continued)
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/18
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Mathias Dahl, 2007/09/18
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Richard Stallman, 2007/09/18
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., David Kastrup, 2007/09/18
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2007/09/18
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Richard Stallman, 2007/09/19
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Juri Linkov, 2007/09/19
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance...,
Leo <=
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Richard Stallman, 2007/09/21
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Kim F. Storm, 2007/09/20
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/20
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., dhruva, 2007/09/20
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Davis Herring, 2007/09/20
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Bastien, 2007/09/20
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., David Kastrup, 2007/09/20
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Bastien, 2007/09/20
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Bastien, 2007/09/21
- RE: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Drew Adams, 2007/09/21